Vinegar Family Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 836219378RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($193,982) as filed with the CRA.
Vinegar Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $191K in revenue and $194K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% 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 88% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $194K in 2024, the largest being $110K to Yeshiva Gedolah l'Ecole d'Etudes Superieures de Montreal/yesshiva Gedolah the School of Higher Learning of Montreal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $75K in 2020 to $191K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
1) funding of organizations that research or provide services for children with disabilities diseases & impairments. 2) funding of local religious primary schools higher education institutions and similar religious educational programs 3) funding of local ambulance fire rescue and other emergency service providers 4) funding of other local worthy charitable organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $191K | $194K | — | — | $194K | $18K |
| 2023 | $70K | $65K | — | — | $65K | $22K |
| 2022 | $49K | $87K | — | — | $87K | $17K |
| 2021 | $47K | $25K | — | — | $25K | $55K |
| 2020 | $75K | $88K | — | — | $87K | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $194K to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Yeshiva Gedolah l'Ecole d'Etudes Superieures de Montreal/yesshiva Gedolah the School of Higher Learning of Montreal$110K
- Menucha Vesimcha$39K
- Beth Jacob de Rav Hirschprung School$25K
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$4,000
- Gruen Ohr Somayach congregation$3,970
- Agudath Israel of Toronto$2,800
- Kolel of Congregation Chaside Belz Umachzike Hadasz$1,800
- Jewish Niagara$1,800
- Young Israel of Montreal$1,160
- Machson Tzvi Hersh Jewish Charity Organization$935
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$650
- Adath Israel Poale Zedek Anshei Ozeroff Congregation/ Congrégation Adath Israel Poale Zedek Anshei Ozeroff$400
- Montréal Community Mikva / Mikva communautaire de montréal$300
- MADA Community Center Inc. - Centre communautaire MADA inc.$250
- Centre de Developpement Yaldei Shashuim/yaldei Shashuim Develpmental Center$200
- L'Association Des Femmes Bikur Cholim Canadienne Du Québec/ Bikur Cholim Ladies Association$162
- Reb Mayer Baal Hanes - Chibas Jerusalem$105
- Synagogue Keser Torah inc. / Keser Torah Synagogue inc.$100
- Tomchei Shabbos of Montreal$50
- Relief Resources Canada$50
- Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Maison Shalom Inc./Benjamin and Vanda Treiser Shalom House Inc.$50
- L'Institution Kupat Torah Vechiesed$50
- Societe d'Assistance Matane Basseter Bessimha$36
- Machzikai Hadath Congregation-Clanton Park Synagogue$36
- Agudath Israel of Montreal Inc$30
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Raphael Vinegar (director); Joshua Vinegar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vinegar Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836219378RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.