Zeldie & Joe Lester Foundation Fondation Zeldie & Joe Lester
Private foundation · Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec · BN 816604276RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($91,990) as filed with the CRA.
Zeldie & Joe Lester Foundation Fondation Zeldie & Joe Lester is a private foundation based in Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $103K in revenue and $92K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $48K in 2024, the largest being $45K to Les écoles Juives populaires et les écoles Peretz inc./ Jewish People's Schools And Peretz Schools Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation was set up to earn investment income and to pay out the earned amounts to registered charities in canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $103K | $92K | — | — | $70K | $1M |
| 2023 | $54K | $92K | — | — | — | $996K |
| 2022 | $190K | $80K | — | — | $73K | $1M |
| 2021 | $41K | $65K | — | — | $58K | $924K |
| 2020 | -$45K | $66K | — | — | $59K | $949K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$103,385
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $48K to 8 qualified donees:
- Les écoles Juives populaires et les écoles Peretz inc./ Jewish People's Schools And Peretz Schools Inc.$45K
- VVM Chabad$1,000
- UJA of Greater Toronto$1,000
- MADA Community Center Inc. - Centre communautaire MADA inc.$500
- Chabad Lubavitch of the Waterloo Region$360
- Fondation de l'Hopital Maimonides/maimonides Hospital$150
- Canadian Cancer Society$100
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allan Lester (director); David Lester (director); Harlene Lester (director); Mark Lester (dirctor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Zeldie & Joe Lester Foundation Fondation Zeldie & Joe Lester’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816604276RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.