The Matlow Family Charitable Trust
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 852758929RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($522,456) as filed with the CRA.
The Matlow Family Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $465K in revenue and $522K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 59 qualified donees totalling $478K in 2024, the largest being $176K to Canadian Friends of Vaad Harabbanim. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charitable trust issues disbursements to qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $465K | $522K | — | — | $507K | $153K |
| 2023 | $540K | $521K | $517K | — | $517K | $211K |
| 2022 | $611K | $533K | $38K | — | $490K | $191K |
| 2021 | $307K | $381K | $2,782 | — | $375K | $113K |
| 2020 | $354K | $330K | — | — | $324K | $187K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $478K to 59 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Canadian Friends of Vaad Harabbanim$176K
- Moral Arc Foundation$98K
- Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies$72K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$33K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$23K
- K.a.h. Foundation$18K
- Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi$16K
- Bnos Bais Yaakov High School$9,525
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$7,930
- K'Hal Toras Chesed$4,500
- The Institute of Torah Education$3,500
- Kav Shalom KHM$2,147
- Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi$1,849
- Keren Ontario$1,675
- Kesser Torah$1,400
- Hatzoloh Toronto$1,000
- Les Amis Canadiens du Seminaire Yeshivah Mirer de Jerusalem Inc./canadian Friends of the Seminary Yeshivah Mirer of Jerusalem Inc.$1,000
- Shaarei Zion Community Centre$500
- Canadian Friends of Yad Eliezer$500
- The Canadian Friends of Ohr Somayach - Tanenbaum Centre - College of Judaic Studies$500
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$454
- B'Nai Zion Charity Fund$424
- Peylim of Canada$400
- Mosdos Bobov$380
- Ahavat Yisrael Hebrew School$360
Received $58K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geoffrey Matlow (trustee); Tanya Matlow (trustee); Aaron Miller (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Matlow Family Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852758929RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.