The Luft Schwartz Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 860937390RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($45,990) as filed with the CRA.
The Luft Schwartz Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $47K in revenue and $46K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $42K in 2024, the largest being $15K to Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Charitable gifts to other canadian charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $47K | $46K | — | — | $42K | $239K |
| 2023 | $50K | $42K | — | — | $38K | $238K |
| 2022 | $41K | $41K | — | — | $36K | $230K |
| 2021 | $50K | $22K | — | — | $18K | $229K |
| 2020 | $38K | $28K | — | — | $24K | $201K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $42K to 7 qualified donees:
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto$15K
- Kehillat Shaarei Torah of Toronto$10K
- Forest Hill Jewish Centre$5,600
- Ne'Eman Foundation Canada$4,600
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$4,400
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$1,000
- Honest Reporting$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Esther Schwartz (president); Morrie Luft (secretary); Reva Luft (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Luft Schwartz Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860937390RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.