The Lois & David Buckstein Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 871862470RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($49,500) as filed with the CRA.
The Lois & David Buckstein Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations.
Compared with 775 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $50K in 2022, the largest being $18K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Funding other qualified donees that provide these activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | $50K | — | — | $50K | $18K |
| 2021 | — | $50K | — | — | $50K | $68K |
| 2020 | $638 | $51K | — | — | $51K | $117K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2022
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, 2022
Granted $50K to 9 qualified donees:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$18K
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$5,000
- The Jerusalem Foundation of Canada Inc. la Fondation Jerusalem du Canada Inc.$5,000
- The Canadian Zionist Cultural Association$5,000
- Beit Halochem Canada /aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel (canada)$5,000
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$5,000
- The Toronto Symphony$2,500
- The Jewish Family and Child Foundation$2,500
- The Royal Conservatory of Music$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Lois Buckstein (trustee); Michael Buckstein (trustee).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lois & David Buckstein Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871862470RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.