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.
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.