The Robert and Renee Rubinstein Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Downsview, Ontario · BN 888120342RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($281,455) as filed with the CRA.
The Robert and Renee Rubinstein Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Downsview, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $169K in revenue and $281K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 44 qualified donees totalling $265K in 2024, the largest being $103K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9,763 in 2020 to $169K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Selection of and distribution 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 | $169K | $281K | — | — | $265K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $319K | $139K | — | — | $128K | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $474K | $155K | — | — | $144K | $1M |
| 2021 | $147K | $157K | — | — | $147K | $705K |
| 2020 | $9,763 | $122K | — | — | $112K | $716K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $265K to 44 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$103K
- Netivot Hatorah Day School$25K
- Neeman Foundation$20K
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$17K
- Israel Koschitzky Family Charitable Foundation$15K
- Charities Aid Foundation Canada$10K
- B'Yachad Canada$6,000
- Toronto Cheder$5,700
- Canadian Friends of Laniado Hospital Ontario Region$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,500
- Machzikai Hadath Congregation-Clanton Park Synagogue$4,228
- Centre Chabad Rive Sud Chabad center South Shore$3,705
- Building a Jewish Tomorrow$3,600
- Torah in Motion$3,600
- Rockwood Cares Torah$3,439
- Canadian Friends of Laniado Hospital$3,000
- Kayla's Children Centre$2,800
- CF of Yeshiva University$2,800
- Leket Canada$2,300
- Canadian Friends of Shalva Israel Association$2,000
- Shaarei Tefillah Congregation$1,800
- Ezer MI Zion$1,800
- Moral Arc Foundation$1,800
- Hatzoloh Toronto$1,800
- Gemilas Chesed of Clanton Park$1,800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Rubinstein (director); Renee Rubinstein (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Robert and Renee Rubinstein Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888120342RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.