The Ruth Lebovic Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 759168487RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,066,074) as filed with the CRA.
The Ruth Lebovic Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 36 qualified donees totalling $2.1M in 2024, the largest being $2M to Moral Arc Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $500K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation raises funds to distribute to other qualified donees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $2.1M | — | — | $2.1M | $718K |
| 2023 | $525K | $579K | — | — | $574K | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $8,252 | $466K | — | — | $463K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $2M | $526K | — | — | $520K | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $500K | $249K | — | — | $246K | $678K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.1M to 36 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moral Arc Foundation$2M
- Canadian Friends of Passaic Yeshiva$35K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$13K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$5,100
- Ezer Mizion$1,080
- The Toronto Mikvah Society$720
- Kav Shalom KHM$700
- Ohel Sarah Canada$560
- Canadian Friends of Maor Gershon Scholarship Kollel$554
- Jews for Judaism$540
- The Toronto Sephardic Kollel$500
- The Institute of Torah Education$500
- Paths of Torah School$380
- Ruchama Fraidel Relief Organization$360
- Ner Israel-Joseph (j.t.) Tanenbaum Yeshivah College of Toronto$360
- Talmudical Academy Of Toronto Mishkan HaTorah Charitable Trust$360
- Paths of Torah School$360
- Canadian Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem$360
- Bnos Bais Yaakov High School$360
- Bikur Cholim$360
- Nshei Agudath Israel$200
- Canadian Friends of Tzedakah Meir Baal Haness of Jerusalem$200
- Toronto Teachers' Centre of Torah Umesorah$180
- Toronto Cheder$180
- Toronto Shidduch Initiative$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ruth Lebovic (director); Allen Lebovic (director); Israel Kalter (director); Laurence Lebovic (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ruth Lebovic Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 759168487RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.