The Mendelson Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119037943RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($68,305) as filed with the CRA.
The Mendelson Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $29K in revenue and $68K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $44K in 2024, the largest being $20K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $59K in 2020 to $29K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29K | $68K | — | — | $44K | $597K |
| 2023 | $98K | $82K | — | — | $51K | $637K |
| 2022 | $88K | $70K | — | — | $48K | $621K |
| 2021 | $33K | $88K | — | — | $61K | $603K |
| 2020 | $59K | $90K | — | — | $62K | $657K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $44K to 10 qualified donees:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$20K
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$10K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$4,000
- Camh Foundation$2,500
- Art Gallery of Ontario$2,500
- Simon Weisenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$1,000
- Kids Help Phone$1,000
- Jewish National Fund of Canada$1,000
- HR Canada Charitable Organization$1,000
- Dying With Dignity$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lionel Schippr (executive); Marcia Rafelman (executive); Stuart Schipper (executive); Debbi Stern (executive).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Mendelson Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119037943RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.