The Schmerz Family Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 119253375RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($542,989) as filed with the CRA.
The Schmerz Family 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 $542K in revenue and $543K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $542K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $542K in 2024, the largest being $462K to Moral Arc Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $251K in 2020 to $542K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Disbursed funds to other registered charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $542K | $543K | — | — | $542K | $18K |
| 2023 | $618K | $619K | — | — | $618K | $19K |
| 2022 | $837K | $841K | — | — | $840K | $20K |
| 2021 | $285K | $290K | — | — | $289K | $24K |
| 2020 | $251K | $247K | — | — | $246K | $29K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $542K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $542K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shlomo Marder (secretary); Riuka Fleischmann (director); Marlene Garfinkel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Schmerz Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119253375RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.