The Sam and Lola Faivish Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 890141773RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($35,802) as filed with the CRA.
The Sam and Lola Faivish 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 $23K in revenue and $36K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $35K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Eitz Chaim Schools. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $507 in 2020 to $23K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23K | $36K | $35K | — | $35K | $103K |
| 2023 | $15K | $84K | — | — | $80K | $118K |
| 2022 | — | $1,012 | — | — | $910 | $184K |
| 2021 | $114K | $205 | — | — | — | $185K |
| 2020 | $507 | $6,154 | — | — | $500 | $71K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $35K to 18 qualified donees:
- Eitz Chaim Schools$10K
- Moral Arc Foundation$9,440
- The Canadian Zionist Cultural Association$4,480
- Machzikai Hadath Congregation-Clanton Park Synagogue$4,100
- FS Foundation$2,000
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$1,496
- Torah Publication Institute$750
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$700
- Toronto Care Fund$500
- Building a Jewish Tomorrow$360
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$333
- Wasaga Beach Jewish Centre$330
- Gemilas Chesed of Clanton Park$252
- Kav Shalom KHM$180
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$180
- Shaarei Tefillah Congregation$100
- Canadian Friends of Shalva Israel Association$72
- The Village Shul and Learning Center of Toronto$56
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jerry Faivish (director); Tamara Faivish (director); Miriam Faivish (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sam and Lola Faivish Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890141773RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.