The Meyer and Idelle Weinstock Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 132948969RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,742,526) as filed with the CRA.
The Meyer and Idelle Weinstock Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.1M in revenue and $6.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 55 qualified donees totalling $6.4M in 2024, the largest being $1.7M to The Institute of Torah Education. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Raising funds for religious cultural and educational purposes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $6.7M | — | — | $6.4M | $15.6M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $3.1M | — | — | $2.8M | $18.3M |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $3.1M | — | — | $2.9M | $19.1M |
| 2021 | $9.9M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.4M | $18M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M | $9.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6.4M to 55 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Institute of Torah Education$1.7M
- Eitz Chaim Schools$1.2M
- Toronto Cheder$640K
- Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies$590K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$500K
- Toronto Care Fund$350K
- Jewish Heritage Foundation International$145K
- Beth Jacob High School for Girls$135K
- Building a Jewish Tomorrow$125K
- Bikur Cholim$125K
- Camp Agudah Muskoka$100K
- Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Aish Hatorah$61K
- Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi$50K
- Tiferes Bais Yaakov$28K
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$25K
- The Small Wonders Charitable Organization$25K
- Ruchama Fraidel Relief Organization$25K
- Congregation Darchei Noam Reconstructionist Synagogue of Toronto$25K
- Hatzoloh Toronto$25K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$25K
- Congregation MBG$25K
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$25K
- Les Amis Canadiens du Seminaire Yeshivah Mirer de Jerusalem Inc./canadian Friends of the Seminary Yeshivah Mirer of Jerusalem Inc.$25K
- Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah$20K
- The Toronto Sephardic Kollel$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Rutman (director); Laurence Lebovic (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Meyer and Idelle Weinstock Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132948969RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.