The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 887925469RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($399,834) as filed with the CRA.
The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $400K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% 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 78% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 43 qualified donees totalling $378K in 2024, the largest being $50K to United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $490K in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $400K | — | — | $388K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $526K | $540K | — | — | $536K | $20K |
| 2022 | $400K | $375K | — | — | $372K | $35K |
| 2021 | $525K | $537K | — | — | $533K | $10K |
| 2020 | $490K | $592K | $5,404 | — | $584K | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $378K to 43 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$50K
- CSRG Canadian Security Research Group$25K
- Canadian Associates of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Inc.$25K
- Amis Canadiens du Centre Medical Sheba / Canadian Friends of Sheba Medical Center$25K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$25K
- Shalom Hartman Institute of Canada$20K
- The Canadian Zionist Cultural Association$20K
- Canadian Friends of the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$18K
- Jacs Toronto$10K
- Foundation for Public Policy Development (FPPD)$10K
- The National Golf Club of Canada Foundation$10K
- Jewish National Fund of Canada$10K
- Giant steps foundation$10K
- Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation/fondation Canadienne de l'Hopital Shaare Zedek$10K
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$10K
- Kehilla Residentail Programme$10K
- One Family Fund Canada$5,400
- Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation$5,149
- The Musical Stage Company$5,000
- The Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee ( Cjpac)$5,000
- Canada-Israel Children's Centres$5,000
- Hanover and District Hospital Foundation$5,000
- The Macdonald-Laurier Institute$5,000
- Shalom Hartman Institute of Canada$5,000
- Fall for Dance North Festival Inc.$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Howard Sokolowski (president); Linda Frum (secretary); Marcia Sokolowski (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887925469RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.