The Tauba and Solomon Spiro Family Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 887961084RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,942,141) as filed with the CRA.
The Tauba and Solomon Spiro Family 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 $20.1M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $1.9M in 2024, the largest being $750K to The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $570K in 2020 to $20.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The foundation`s program consists of donations to certain qualified donees. At this time the foundation is unable to respond to unsolicited submissions or proposals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.9M | $57.8M |
| 2023 | $8M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.4M | $39.7M |
| 2022 | $653K | $13.1M | — | — | $884K | $33.2M |
| 2021 | $14.6M | $1M | — | — | $977K | $42.6M |
| 2020 | $570K | $486K | — | — | $467K | $32.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.9M to 16 qualified donees:
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$750K
- The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University$560K
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$165K
- UHN Foundation$160K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$100K
- Forest Hill Jewish Centre$60K
- Beit Halochem Canada /aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel (canada)$50K
- The University of Chicago$34K
- Canadian Opera Company$18K
- The Canadian Zionist Cultural Association$6,000
- The National Council of Jewish Women of Canada Toronto Section$6,000
- Chabad Student Network of Ottawa$3,600
- Congregation Machzikei Hadas$3,600
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,800
- Canadahelps Canadon$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Solomon Spiro (trustee); David Spiro (trustee); Rachel Spiro (trustee); Adina Spiro (trustee); Tauba Spiro (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Tauba and Solomon Spiro Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887961084RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.