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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, November 30, 2024
- Receipted donations$3,090,000
- Investment income$1,585
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.