Toronto Chesed Foundation
Public foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 724266317RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,040,743) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Chesed Foundation is a public foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $873K in revenue and $1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $352K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 24 qualified donees totalling $928K in 2024, the largest being $224K to Tzivos Hashem Canada Inc. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Toronto chesed a humanitarian organization based in the gta provides assistance to families and individuals in need. We work towards long-term solutions which include financial family and career planning. Toronto chesed plays an integral role in addressing needs that may not fit more immediate and require swift action without a lengthy application process. Our goal is to both elevate the short term issues while also providing guidance and support to maintain sustainable solutions.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $873K | $1M | $11K | — | $1M | $30K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $190K | — | $988K | $198K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $45K | — | $1.5M | $320K |
| 2021 | $662K | $686K | $686K | — | $661K | $95K |
| 2020 | $1M | $924K | $924K | — | $540K | $119K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $928K to 24 qualified donees:
- Tzivos Hashem Canada Inc$224K
- Kav Shalom KHM$171K
- Jewish Heritage Foundation International$115K
- My Charity Fund$88K
- Kollel Daf Yomi Institute$54K
- Yeshivas Oholei Menachem Mendel Lubavitch$47K
- Bikur Cholim$44K
- Hadracha Organization$39K
- Rabbinical College of Canada$26K
- Bais Chomesh High School for Girls$18K
- Bais Chaya Mushkah School for Girls$17K
- The SET Fund$14K
- Shmuel Zahavy Cheder Chabad School$14K
- Shomrai Shaboth-Chevrah Mishnayoth Congregation$10K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$9,000
- Hatzoloh Toronto$7,580
- Mesivta Lubavitch Toronto$7,102
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$7,050
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$4,185
- Eitz Chaim Schools$4,068
- Jewish Free Loan Toronto$4,000
- Agudat Chasidei Chabad-Ontario$2,150
- Chabad Lubavitch of Southern Ontario$1,210
- Mesivta Lubavitch Toronto$1,000
Received $352K from 33 charities:
- My Charity Fund$94K
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$61K
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$37K
- J & J Bitton Family Charitable Foundation$21K
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$19K
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$18K
- CharityEx Foundation$13K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$12K
- Social Services and Communal Matters Fund$11K
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$9,060
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$8,600
- Rabbinical College of Canada$6,500
- Agudat Chasidei Chabad-Ontario$5,560
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$5,500
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$4,600
- Zolty Charitable Foundation$3,750
- Silver Family Charitable Foundation$3,600
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$3,250
- Rachel Bitton Charitable Foundation$2,500
- The Sharing Foundation$2,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,749
- The Chaim Yosef and Chana Zeifman Charitable Trust$1,500
- The Shtiebel$1,500
- The D. Spigelman Charitable Foundation$1,353
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yisroel Goldstein (director); Mayer Plonka (director); Chanoch Nelken (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Chesed Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 724266317RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.