The Robins Appleby Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 891143380RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($221,226) as filed with the CRA.
The Robins Appleby Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2023, it reported $221K in revenue and $221K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 1,733 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $217K in 2023, the largest being $180K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $54K in 2020 to $221K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation receives donations and donates the proceeds to registered charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $221K | $221K | — | — | $217K | -$1,467 |
| 2022 | $171K | $171K | — | — | $163K | -$1,306 |
| 2021 | $331K | $330K | — | — | $327K | -$1,228 |
| 2020 | $54K | $70K | — | — | $67K | -$2,427 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $217K to 15 qualified donees:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$180K
- Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto$10K
- Hillel Ontario$6,500
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$5,430
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$5,000
- Beth Chabad Israeli Community Centre$3,600
- Blu Genes Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,000
- Sinai Health Foundation$580
- The 519 Church Street Community Centre$500
- ST Clare's Multifaith Housing Society$500
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$250
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$250
- Dixon Hall$200
- Alzheimer Society of Canada$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Appleby (president); Lorne Greenspoon (director); Irving Marks (director and vp); David Schlesinger (vp).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Robins Appleby Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891143380RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.