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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation

1) assess various qualified donees as to their activities and financial requirements and donate funds to those selected (see gifts to qualified donees)

C$17M
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
Regions reached
C$4.6M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k2 grants · C$16k
  • C$10k–50k15 grants · C$287k
  • C$50k–250k6 grants · C$430k
  • C$250k+12 grants · C$17M
C$50,000
Median grant
5
Regions reached
C$359M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HESEG FOUNDATIONC$4,600,000
THE CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCEC$4,306,275
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF GREATER TORONTOC$1,893,914
GOVERNORS OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITYC$1,088,000
SINAI HEALTH FOUNDATIONC$755,000
FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIESC$750,000
ALEH/ADI REHABILITATION OF CANADAC$676,750
CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEMC$676,750
UHN FOUNDATIONC$540,000
HILLEL ONTARIOC$533,333
THE PRINCESS MARGARET CANCER FOUNDATIONC$500,000
UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL OF CANADA INC.C$335,000
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITYC$120,158
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOC$100,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER TORONTOC$60,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$224M · 73 repeat orgsC$8.8M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +37% since the first grant, against +26% for the ones you funded once.

73 repeat relationships — 27 still active in FY2024, 46 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
67

Total granted

C$224M
C$8.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+26%

Still filing today

88%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$713k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.”

Backed again, and grew

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF GREATER TORONTO
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$43M · revenue +98%
  • TG
    THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
    4× · 2020–2024 · C$14M · revenue +39%
  • SH
    SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$13M · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE SCIENCE
    one grant, 2020 · C$3.7M
  • TC
    THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY
    one grant, 2019 · C$672k
  • TC
    THE CALIFORNIA INSTITURE OF TECHNOLOGY
    one grant, 2021 · C$642k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matches that aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Canadian Institute for Advanced Research - Institut canadien des recherches avancées

CIFAR’s research programs are at the heart of its operations designed to push the boundaries of knowledge and create long-term societal impact. Currently CIFAR supports 15 research programs across diverse fields from artificial…

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2
Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation

To educate and increase the public's understanding and appreciation of the arts by conserving and exhibiting works of art and otherwise making them available to the public; to educate and increase canadians' israelis' and the public's…

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3
Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (Jlic) Canada

Programs in which primarily university students are able to acquire and cultivate jewish learning wisdom throught and culture

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4
The Canadian Jewish Educational Fund

The charity provides scholarships and promotes the study of judaism carrying out educational programming both in and out of schools, intensive study workshops and teacher training in biblical studies.

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5
Canadian Foundation for Pioneering Israel

Support for educational activities in diverse areas of jewish studies/traditions/culture/research; youth leadership programs adult education and teacher training cross cultural relations developing knowledge for the diversity of jewish…

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6
The Dr. Charles H. Best Foundation

Provides scholarship funds for medical research at the university of toronto.

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7
Technion Canada

Support canadian research at technion-israel institute of technology; promote student exchange academic exchange scientific information exchange and provide academic scholarships.

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8
Canadian Friends of Yeshiva Beth Hillel Bnai Brak

Scholarships granted to qualified applicants related to post-graduate studies

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9
Canadian Friends of Maor Gershon Scholarship Kollel

Grant and Scholarship Programs for post-graduate students based on scholastic achievement and financial needs

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10
Canadian Friends of the Jaffa Institute

The organization runs a variety of programming benefiting children and families within israel who are at risk of food or socioeconomic vulnerability.

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11
Palestine Education Foundation (Ontario)

Scholarships to palestine university's students

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12
York University Foundation - Fondation De L'universite York
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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc and the most unlike its peers is Montcrest School. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

02the grantee network

131 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each one resolved to its own CRA returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2024, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 131 of the 148 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/131
Grantees still filing
94/131
Grew since you first funded

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHESEG FOUNDATION — C$62,950,000 over 8y, 100% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF GREATER TORONTO — C$42,785,386 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetTHE CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE — C$25,125,002 over 6y, 21% of budgetTHE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO — C$14,350,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSINAI HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — C$12,524,333 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetGOVERNORS OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY — C$7,250,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCHOOLS — C$6,621,827 over 4y, 23% of budgetALEH/ADI REHABILITATION OF CANADA — C$4,012,800 over 6y, 83% of budgetCANADIAN CHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDATION — C$3,100,000 over 5y, 40% of budgetThe Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation — C$2,530,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FDN. — C$2,265,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCANADIAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM — C$2,046,400 over 3y, 30% of budgetDALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY — C$2,037,620 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHOLY BLOSSOM TEMPLE FOUNDATION — C$1,885,000 over 5y, 43% of budgetUNITED ISRAEL APPEAL OF CANADA INC. — C$1,541,107 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA — C$1,410,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMCGILL UNIVERSITY — C$1,241,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES — C$1,082,836 over 8y, 9.6% of budgetKAYLA'S CHILDREN CENTRE — C$1,000,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO — C$875,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Toronto — C$805,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC. — C$800,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCANADA CHARITY PARTNERS — C$613,590 over 2y, 40% of budgetMount Allison University — C$600,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHALEM FOUNDATION CANADA — C$599,998 over 4y, 22% of budgetHILLEL ONTARIO — C$533,333 over 1y, 11% of budgetBAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY — C$525,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetWilfrid Laurier University — C$375,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEIT HALOCHEM CANADA — C$370,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetTHE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF CANADA INC. — C$341,250 over 2y, 13% of budgetLETTER OF THE LAW — C$300,000 over 2y, 74% of budgetTHE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY — C$300,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRIDEAU HALL FOUNDATION — C$260,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetARTS MANITOBA PUBLICATIONS INC. — C$250,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO — C$250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTCREST SCHOOL — C$250,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTJEE - THE JEWISH EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE — C$233,333 over 3y, 11% of budgetJewish Foundation of Greater Toronto — C$210,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSt.Michael's Hospital Foundation — C$200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetICEJ CANADA AID AND DEVELOPMENT — C$200,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetDalhousie University — C$170,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCANADIAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY INC. — C$156,924 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBUILDING A JEWISH TOMORROW - NCSY CANADA — C$137,150 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCANADIAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY — C$135,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS OF CANADA — C$131,600 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRYERSON UNIVERSITY — C$125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES CANADA INITIATIVES SOCIETY — C$125,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetThe Horatio Alger Association of Canada — C$122,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HESEG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF GREATER TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds THE CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ↗
  • Who funds SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GOVERNORS OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds ALEH/ADI REHABILITATION OF CANADA ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN CHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FDN. ↗
  • Who funds CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM ↗
  • Who funds DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HOLY BLOSSOM TEMPLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL OF CANADA INC. ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA ↗
  • Who funds MCGILL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds KAYLA'S CHILDREN CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Toronto ↗
  • Who funds TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC. ↗
  • Who funds CANADA CHARITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Mount Allison University ↗
  • Who funds THE SHALEM FOUNDATION CANADA ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL ONTARIO ↗
  • Who funds BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Wilfrid Laurier University ↗
  • Who funds BEIT HALOCHEM CANADA ↗
  • Who funds THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF CANADA INC. ↗
  • Who funds LETTER OF THE LAW ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Foundation of …Larry and Judy Tanenb…The Asper FoundationThe Azrieli Foundatio…The Linda Frum & Howa…The Dh Gales Family C…The Joseph Lebovic Ch…Gerald Sheff & Shanit…Conam Charitable Foun…The Goodman Family Fo…The Beverley and Samu…The Rotman Family Fou…
Jewish Foundation of Greater TorontoON28.4× affinity43 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto · Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation · The Asper Foundation · The Azrieli Foundation/La Fondation Azrieli · The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation · The Dh Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto · The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation · Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Family Foundation · Conam Charitable Foundation · The Goodman Family Foundation · The Beverley and Samuel H. Cohen Family Foundation · The Rotman Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data — your own annual information return and the multi-year returns of the 148 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year) — each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010; we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without a BN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-11-30, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a private foundation under foundations.

Source object 138445580:2024-11-30 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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