Victor and Rhoda Shields Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 888595071RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($65,319) as filed with the CRA.
Victor and Rhoda Shields Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $66K in revenue and $65K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 35 qualified donees totalling $43K in 2024, the largest being $12K to United Way of Greater Toronto. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $147K in 2020 to $66K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $66K | $65K | — | — | $63K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $67K | $64K | — | — | $64K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $43K | $60K | — | — | $60K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $54K | $64K | — | — | $64K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $147K | $62K | — | — | $61K | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $43K to 35 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$12K
- The Song Shul$7,286
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,000
- Beit Halochem Canada /aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel (canada)$5,000
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$1,500
- One Family Fund Canada$1,099
- Abraham - Global$872
- Canadahelps Canadon$779
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada Société Canadienne de la Sclérose Latérale Amyotrophique$772
- Canadahelps Canadon$750
- Women's Hostels Incorporated$750
- Canadahelps Canadon$535
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada$528
- Covenant House Toronto$528
- The Baycrest Centre Foundation$522
- Street Health Community Nursing Foundation$510
- DeafBlind Ontario Foundation$510
- Canadahelps Canadon$370
- Jacs Toronto$370
- Canadahelps Canadon$360
- Canadahelps Canadon$360
- Canadahelps Canadon$360
- Canadahelps Canadon$360
- Canadahelps Canadon$272
- Wned$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Victor Shields (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victor and Rhoda Shields Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888595071RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.