The Ryf Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 846043123RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($271,020) as filed with the CRA.
The Ryf Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $200K in revenue and $271K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 27 qualified donees totalling $253K in 2024, the largest being $186K to Moral Arc Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The charity provided funds to 'qualified donees' as defined in the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $200K | $271K | — | — | $253K | $501K |
| 2023 | $168K | $311K | — | — | $283K | $572K |
| 2022 | $418K | $285K | — | — | $280K | $716K |
| 2021 | -$18K | $142K | — | — | $137K | $582K |
| 2020 | -$46K | $135K | — | — | $130K | $742K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $253K to 27 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moral Arc Foundation$186K
- Yeshivas Keser Torah$24K
- Kollel Toronto$5,100
- Ner Israel-Joseph (j.t.) Tanenbaum Yeshivah College of Toronto$5,000
- Ruchama Fraidel Relief Organization$3,500
- Canadian Friends of Yad Eliezer$3,000
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$3,000
- Les Amis Canadiens du Seminaire Yeshivah Mirer de Jerusalem Inc./canadian Friends of the Seminary Yeshivah Mirer of Jerusalem Inc.$2,500
- Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi$1,800
- The Toronto Cheder$1,800
- Bikur Cholim$1,800
- Beth Medrash Govoha$1,800
- Beth Jacob High School for Girls$1,800
- Kupas Hachesed Meoroth$1,572
- Mosdos Bobov$1,050
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$1,000
- Torah Schools for Israel$1,000
- Telshe Yeshiva$1,000
- Technology Awareness Group Toronto$1,000
- Peylim of Canada$1,000
- Hatzoloh Toronto$1,000
- Congregation Tehila Ledovid$1,000
- The Jewish Connection: Kesher Yisrael$750
- Keren Ontario$500
- Bnos Bais Yaakov High School$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Philip Weitz (trustee); Ruth Weitz (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ryf Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846043123RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.