The Henry and Berenice Kaufmann Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 889356044RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,773,104) as filed with the CRA.
The Henry and Berenice Kaufmann Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 46 qualified donees totalling $284K in 2023, the largest being $170K to Per Schedule. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $106K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To receive contributions to be distributed to qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $3.8M | — | — | $3.5M | — |
| 2023 | $194K | $364K | — | — | $170K | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $137K | $350K | — | — | $155K | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $142K | $341K | — | — | $155K | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $106K | $338K | — | — | $155K | $3.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $284K to 46 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Per Schedule$170K
- Brain Canada Foundation$13K
- Federation Cja$10K
- Montreal Holocaust Museum$10K
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$10K
- Federation Cja$5,000
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$5,000
- New Leaf Yoga Foundation$5,000
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$5,000
- Canadian Associates of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Inc.$5,000
- Federation Cja$4,000
- Jewish Public Library$4,000
- 7730616 Canada association$3,000
- Fertival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur$3,000
- Nanny Angel Network Inc.$2,500
- Jennifer Ashleigh Children's Charity$2,500
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada / Dystrophie musculaire Canada$2,500
- The Gazette Christmas Fund/ Fonds de Noel de la Gazette$2,400
- Jeunesse au Soleil / Sun Youth organization$2,000
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$2,000
- The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University$2,000
- Centre Communautaire Tyndale ST-Georges$1,500
- Santropol roulant inc./ Santropol On Wheels Inc.$1,500
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$1,200
- Montreal Holocaust Museum$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$91K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Waxman (trustee); Janis Levine (president/ceo); Elaine Levine (vp - secretary-treasurer); Max Greenwood (director); Amy Ornstein (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Henry and Berenice Kaufmann Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889356044RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.