The Sharp Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 871083622RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,308,334) as filed with the CRA.
The Sharp 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 $3.4M in revenue and $4.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $3.7M in 2024, the largest being $2M to The Baycrest Centre Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $3.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The charity makes donations to other charitable organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $4.3M | — | — | $3.7M | $54M |
| 2023 | $8.1M | $3.2M | — | — | $2.8M | $54.8M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.2M | $52.6M |
| 2021 | $3.9M | $2.2M | — | — | $1.7M | $52.1M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.2M | — | — | $1.9M | $50.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.7M to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$2M
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$1.1M
- Canadian Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro$200K
- Hugh's Room for the Performing Arts Inc.$100K
- The Horatio Alger Association of Canada$75K
- Hillel Ontario$40K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$25K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$18K
- The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art$15K
- The Canadian Jewish News$15K
- Canadian Friends of University of Haifa$15K
- Canadian Friends of the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$15K
- Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation/fondation Canadienne de l'Hopital Shaare Zedek$10K
- Post 21 Foundation$10K
- FINCA Canada$10K
- Canadian Friends of Shalva Israel Association$10K
- The York School$10K
- Midgal Ohr$10K
- Ezer Mizion$10K
- Birthright Israel Foundation of Canada$10K
- Canadian Associates of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Inc.$10K
- Atelier Theatre Society$10K
- Church of the Holy Trinity$5,000
- Covenant House Toronto$2,259
- Moral Arc Foundation$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Isadore Sharp (trustee); Rosalie Sharp (trustee); Anthony Sharp (trustee); Gregory Sharp (trustee); Jordan Sharp (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sharp Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871083622RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.