The Shrage Zimmerman Memorial Fund
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 890899867RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($875,128) as filed with the CRA.
The Shrage Zimmerman Memorial Fund is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $500K in revenue and $875K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% 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 91% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 34 qualified donees totalling $875K in 2024, the largest being $261K to VMM Zichron Chaim Charity. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $246K in 2020 to $500K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The foundation donates funds to charitable religious organisations and educational institutions.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $500K | $875K | — | — | $875K | -$236K |
| 2023 | $678K | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M | $139K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1M | — | — | $1M | $529K |
| 2021 | $945K | $911K | — | — | $911K | $39K |
| 2020 | $246K | $291K | — | — | $291K | $4,732 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $875K to 34 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$261K
- Ecole Premiere Mesifta du Canada$203K
- Congrégation TOLDOS YAKOU YOSEF$100K
- Avreichim Torah Institute$51K
- Jewish Heritage Foundation International$50K
- Ecole Premiere Mesifta du Canada$41K
- Ezer Lanefesh Foundation / E.L.F.$25K
- Beth Jacob de Rav Hirschprung School$25K
- Yam Hatalmud Foundation$18K
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$11K
- Menucha Vesimcha$11K
- Yeshiva Gedolah l'Ecole d'Etudes Superieures de Montreal/yesshiva Gedolah the School of Higher Learning of Montreal$10K
- Montréal Le soulagement Ressources Relief Ressources Montréal$10K
- Aide de santé/ Help to Health/Ezer L'Refuah$10K
- L'Association Des Femmes Bikur Cholim Canadienne Du Québec/ Bikur Cholim Ladies Association$10K
- Congregation Belz$7,000
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$6,005
- Mifalei Chaim Bechesed (MCB)$4,000
- Congregation Beth Isrel of Trout Lake$3,780
- Seminary Loan Fund$2,720
- L'École Beth Tziporah$2,680
- Congrégation TOLDOS YAKOU YOSEF$2,500
- Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Maison Shalom Inc./Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Shalom House Inc.$2,000
- Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies$2,000
- Tefiloh Lemoishe Congregation$1,800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mindy Zimmerman (secretary); Robert Zimmerman (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Shrage Zimmerman Memorial Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890899867RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.