The Kavelman-Fonn Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 843174418RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,985,227) as filed with the CRA.
The Kavelman-Fonn Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 17 qualified donees totalling $1.9M in 2024, the largest being $755K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Activity is restricted to receiving and managing funds for the exclusive purpose of making gifts 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 | $3M | $2M | — | — | $1.9M | $37.1M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.4M | $36M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.3M | $34.4M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.3M | — | — | $1.5M | $34.9M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2.1M | — | — | $1.2M | $34.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.9M to 17 qualified donees:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$755K
- Golf Canada Foundation$250K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$200K
- Ronald McDonald House Charities$150K
- The Kenauk Institute$125K
- Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto$101K
- Sinai Health Foundation$85K
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$61K
- Chabad Lubavitch of the Waterloo Region$60K
- North York General Hospital Foundation$25K
- Shelter Movers$12K
- Congregation Habonim of Toronto$10K
- Hamilton Jewish Federation$5,400
- Social Giving Network Inc$5,024
- Israel Cancer Research Fund (toronto)$5,000
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$3,600
- Canadian Cancer Society$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dennis Kavelman (director); Karen Fonn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Kavelman-Fonn Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843174418RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.