The Ulmer Greenspan Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 825287097RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($860,792) as filed with the CRA.
The Ulmer Greenspan Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $861K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $294K in 2022, the largest being $100K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $183K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to pay or apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to 'qualified donees' under the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $861K | — | — | $860K | $755K |
| 2023 | $325K | $342K | — | — | $339K | $32K |
| 2022 | $340K | $296K | — | — | $294K | $49K |
| 2021 | $210K | $241K | — | — | $240K | $5,242 |
| 2020 | $183K | $231K | — | — | $227K | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $294K to 21 qualified donees:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$100K
- Moral Arc Foundation$25K
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$23K
- Bnei Akiva Schools$20K
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$18K
- Kav Shalom KHM$18K
- Kayla's Children Centre$15K
- Yeshivas Nefesh Dovid$10K
- Jacs Toronto$10K
- Caribou Torah Education Foundation$10K
- Kupas Hachesed Meoroth$8,860
- Canadian Friends of Shalva Israel Association$8,200
- Emunah Canada$5,400
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation$4,816
- Beit Midrash Zichron Dov$3,600
- Chabad Lubavitch of Downtown Toronto$3,600
- The Village Shul and Learning Center of Toronto$2,500
- Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation/fondation Canadienne de l'Hopital Shaare Zedek$2,500
- Torath Emeth Jewish Centre$2,000
- The Small Wonders Charitable Organization$1,800
- Jews for Judaism$1,468
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
John Ulmer (director); Lorna Ulmer (director); David Ulmer (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ulmer Greenspan Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 825287097RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.