The Lewis and Charlotte Steinberg Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 892333949RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,269,267) as filed with the CRA.
The Lewis and Charlotte Steinberg Family 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 $2.5M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $3.3M in 2024, the largest being $2M to North York General Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $134K in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To receive funds and contributions for the purpose of assisting establishing or maintaining charitable organizations whose activities are exclusively for charitable purposes and universities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $3.3M | — | — | $3.3M | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $709K | $1.6M | — | — | $1.6M | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $588K | $2.9M | — | — | $2.9M | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $67K | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M | $5.6M |
| 2020 | $134K | $4.7M | — | — | $4.7M | $6.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.3M to 9 qualified donees:
- North York General Hospital Foundation$2M
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$600K
- Neshama Hospice$200K
- Amis Canadiens du Centre Medical Sheba / Canadian Friends of Sheba Medical Center$200K
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$200K
- Beth Sholom Synagogue$22K
- Prosserman Jewish Community Centre$9,000
- Parkinson Canada Inc.$5,000
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lewis Steinburg (president); Lynn Steinburg (vice-president); Karen Steinburg (vice-president); Heather Steinburg-Elfassy (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lewis and Charlotte Steinberg Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892333949RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.