Wise Family Foundation
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 704361310RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,570,568) as filed with the CRA.
Wise Family Foundation is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $30K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 39 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $450K to Autism Speaks Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $92K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The charity is principally involved in raising money and making donations to other registered charities with the focus being given to children's chairties.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $151K | — | $1.2M | $20.2M |
| 2023 | $836K | $2.3M | $173K | $71K | $1.9M | $19.9M |
| 2022 | $752K | $2.1M | — | $79K | $1.7M | $21.4M |
| 2021 | $24.1M | $1.4M | — | $83K | $1.1M | $22.7M |
| 2020 | $92K | $95K | — | — | $88K | -$3,064 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 39 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Autism Speaks Canada$450K
- UHN Foundation$218K
- Toronto Children's CARE Inc.$110K
- Prosserman Jewish Community Centre$86K
- Reena Foundation$72K
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$50K
- Lifetime Charitable Foundation$30K
- Sinai Health Foundation$28K
- Kayla's Children Centre$25K
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$18K
- Campfire Circle Autour du Feu$17K
- The Children's Foundation of Muskoka$15K
- Forest Hill Jewish Centre$15K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$11K
- Hospitaller Order Of St. John Of God Province Of The Good Shepherd In North America$10K
- Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation/fondation Canadienne de l'Hopital Shaare Zedek$10K
- Artists for Peace and Justice Canada$10K
- Variety Village$7,000
- The Village Shul and Learning Center of Toronto$5,000
- The Abraham Global Peace Initiative$5,000
- Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Macedonian Place Foundation$5,000
- Canada-Israel Children's Centres$5,000
- Aga Khan Foundation Canada$5,000
- Charmz 4 Charity$3,000
Received $30K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$134K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steven Wise (director); Joshua Wise (director); Meredith Wise (director); Susan Zikman-Wise (director); Justin Wise (director); Baylee Wise (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wise Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 704361310RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.