The Rotman Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 889867370RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,806,040) as filed with the CRA.
The Rotman Family 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 $683K in revenue and $1.8M 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 73% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 42 qualified donees totalling $1.8M in 2024, the largest being $358K to The Governing Council of the University of Toronto. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $683K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The foundation makes gifts 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 | $683K | $1.8M | — | — | $1.8M | $8.2M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.7M | $9.3M |
| 2022 | $919K | $1.7M | — | — | $1.6M | $10M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.5M | $10.8M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $2.4M | — | — | $2.3M | $11.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.8M to 42 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$358K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$150K
- Israel Museums and Arts Canada$141K
- UHN Foundation$115K
- UHN Foundation$105K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$100K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$100K
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$100K
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$100K
- Rise Asset Development$100K
- Mayo Clinic$69K
- Victim Services Toronto$50K
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$33K
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$30K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$25K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$20K
- Holy Blossom Temple$20K
- UHN Foundation$20K
- UHN Foundation$20K
- Friends of the Healing Forest$17K
- Holy Blossom Temple$16K
- Reena Foundation$14K
- UHN Foundation$14K
- Holy Blossom Temple$9,000
- Mayo Clinic$6,937
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$5,454
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eduardo Eposto (vice-president director); Amin Jinnah (secretary); Amy Kaiser (director); Mayeer Pearl (vice-president director); Lana Relken (chief financial officer); Janis Rotman (president director); Kenneth Rotman (director); Sandra Rotman (director); James Miller (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Rotman Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889867370RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.