The Rothfam Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 888284668RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($778,964) as filed with the CRA.
The Rothfam Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $619K in revenue and $779K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $717K in 2024, the largest being $208K to Mizrachi Organization Of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $317K in 2020 to $619K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Providing grants to other qualified donnes; orthodox jewish educational and social welfare organizations to enable these organizations to sustain and fulfill their charitable activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $619K | $779K | — | — | $717K | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $627K | $172K | — | — | $131K | $5.1M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $496K | — | — | $412K | $4.6M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $481K | — | — | $373K | $4.1M |
| 2020 | $317K | $620K | — | — | $564K | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $717K to 22 qualified donees:
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$208K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$150K
- Chofetz Chaim Heritage Society of Canada$55K
- Canadian Friends of Yeshiva University$55K
- Eitz Chaim Schools$51K
- Institute for Advanced Talmudic and Halachic Studies$50K
- The Canadian Friends of the Jerusalem College of Technology School of Applied Sciences$50K
- Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation/fondation Canadienne de l'Hopital Shaare Zedek$20K
- Bnei Akiva Schools$15K
- Moral Arc Foundation$13K
- Canadian Friends of Shalva Israel Association$10K
- The Institute of Torah Education$9,000
- Bikur Cholim$6,000
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$5,000
- Jewish National Fund$5,000
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$4,000
- Alumni Association of Yeshivatkol Torah$3,600
- Shaarei Zion Community Centre$2,300
- Canadian Friends of Yad Sarah$1,800
- Yeshivas Keser Torah$1,500
- Paths of Torah School$1,000
- Ahavat Yisrael Hebrew School$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leonard Rothschild (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Rothfam Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888284668RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.