The Rothschild Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 872463567RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($411,260) as filed with the CRA.
The Rothschild Charitable 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 $389K in revenue and $411K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 69 qualified donees totalling $409K in 2024, the largest being $89K to Moral Arc Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $250K in 2020 to $389K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Provides grants to other qualified donees; orthodox jewish educational and social welfare organizations to enable these organizations to sustsin 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 | $389K | $411K | — | — | $409K | $6,070 |
| 2023 | $290K | $264K | — | — | $261K | $29K |
| 2022 | $232K | $229K | — | — | $223K | $3,184 |
| 2021 | $513K | $509K | — | — | $506K | $88 |
| 2020 | $250K | $224K | — | — | $222K | -$3,563 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $409K to 69 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moral Arc Foundation$89K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$50K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$41K
- Yeshiva Mishkan Yosef$32K
- Congregation MBG$20K
- Yedidim$15K
- Thornhill Jewish Fund$11K
- Misaskim Canada$10K
- Les Amis Canadiens du Seminaire Yeshivah Mirer de Jerusalem Inc./canadian Friends of the Seminary Yeshivah Mirer of Jerusalem Inc.$10K
- Bnos Chaya$10K
- Beth Medrash Govoha (per SCH. VIII of Income Tax Regu$10K
- Agudath Israel of Toronto$9,089
- Mosdos Bobov$8,600
- KDY Institute$8,500
- Institute for Advanced Talmudic and Halachic Studies$8,020
- Kav Shalom KHM$4,825
- Talmudical Academy Of Toronto Mishkan HaTorah Charitable Trust$4,500
- Kollel Daf Yomi Institute$3,660
- K'Hal Toras Chesed$2,886
- Building a Jewish Tomorrow$2,800
- Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi$2,500
- Toronto Cheder$2,500
- The Jewish Connection: Kesher Yisrael$2,500
- Ruchama Fraidel Relief Organization$2,500
- Priority-1 Outreach Program Foundation for Judaism$2,500
Received $25K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leonard Rothschild (president); Esther Rothschild (secretary); Edward Kalkstein (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Rothschild Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872463567RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.