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Toronto, ON · Private foundation

The Rotman Family Foundation

The foundation makes gifts to qualified donees

C$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
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Regions reached
C$358k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k19 grants · C$33k
  • C$10k–50k11 grants · C$229k
  • C$50k–250k11 grants · C$1.1M
  • C$250k+1 grant · C$358k
C$16,000
Median grant
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Regions reached
C$8.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOC$358,333
CAMH FOUNDATIONC$150,000
ISRAEL MUSEUMS AND ARTS CANADAC$141,355
UHN FOUNDATIONC$115,000
UHN FOUNDATIONC$105,000
HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATIONC$100,000
RISE ASSET DEVELOPMENTC$100,000
SICKKIDS FOUNDATIONC$100,000
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOC$100,000
HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATIONC$100,000
MAYO CLINICC$68,755
VICTIM SERVICES TORONTOC$50,000
HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATIONC$33,000
CAMH FOUNDATIONC$30,000
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOC$25,000
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$21M · 37 repeat orgsC$729k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
43

Total granted

C$21M
C$586k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+25%

Still filing today

97%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$143k 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

  • TU
    The University of Toronto
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$7.6M · revenue +43%
  • TG
    TORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$2.6M · revenue +83%
  • TH
    THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$1.9M · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · C$100k
  • MC
    MCHICHAEL CANADIAN ART FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$100k · revenue +67%
  • OC
    OHR CHAYA CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
    one grant, 2021 · C$85k · revenue +3%

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.

1
Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto

The jewish foundation of greater toronto receives manages and invests funds as well as disburses grants to qualified donees. using a research-driven approach the jewish foundation of greater toronto strategically distributes to community…

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2
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Foundation

The toronto rehabilitation institute foundation's mission is to raise grant and steward funds to support the mission of the toronto rehabilitation institute (which is part of the university health network) to develop solutions for people…

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3
Stand Up to Cancer Canada

Funding of Breast Cancer Research Stem Cell Research Metastatic Cancer Research & Pancreatic Cancer Research.

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4
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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5
Toronto Arts Foundation

Provides finanical support to artists and arts organizations in toronto. offers awards ad commissions recognizing artistic excellence. administers donor-directed funds and special initiatives supporting public engagement artist recognition…

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6
Mount Sinai Hospital Otolaryngology Research Fund

Support of academic medical research education and health care in canada

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7
Toronto Foundation

The purpose of toronto foundation is to create a more fair and justice society where everyone can thrive by mobilizing those with resources and the will to partner with others. the foundation publishes research including the toronto's…

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8
Sunnybrook Research Institute

Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) is the research arm of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center (SHSC) a teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. The vision of SRI is to invent the future of health care. Our main…

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9
Ovarian Cancer Canada/Cancer De L'ovaire Canada

Research: Investing in pan-Canadian and patient-centered research across the full continuum of ovarian cancer from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Our research investments are enabling discoveries by establishing and…

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10
Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Medecine Research Fund

Medical research and education in medicine in canada.

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11
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada

Through the support of donors and volunteers we take action and provide programs for every canadian affected by a brain tumour. we provide information including handbooks storybooks information sheets videos and a comprehensive website and…

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12
Mental Health Research Canada/Recherche En Sante Mentale Canada

Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) is a national charitable organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Canadians by advancing mental health knowledge. Our vision is to create a Canada with better mental health for all…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal / La Fondation Communautaire Juive de Montréal and the most unlike its peers is The York 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

80 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. 80 of the 85 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
79/80
Grantees still filing
55/80
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$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe University of Toronto — C$7,568,666 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTORONTO GENERAL & WESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$2,608,300 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBaycrest Foundation — C$2,015,660 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetTHE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION — C$1,855,075 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHolland Bloorview Kids Rehab. Hospital Foundation — C$1,178,272 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO — C$1,135,796 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRISE AND DEVELOPMENT — C$806,493 over 8y, 11% of budgetCAMH FOUNDATION — C$683,100 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCanadian Friends of the Israel Museum — C$660,900 over 5y, 13% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF GREATER TORONTO — C$571,290 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetISRAEL MUSEUMS AND ARTS CANADA — C$278,685 over 2y, 20% of budgetTHE YORK SCHOOL — C$252,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWE CHARITY — C$210,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOLY BLOSSOM TEMPLE — C$201,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetDr. Ken Cirton Charitable Trust — C$175,300 over 6y, 84% of budgetGilda's Club Greater Toronto — C$160,200 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetART GALLERY OF ONTARIO — C$150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHoly Blossom Temple Foundation — C$145,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetMCHICHAEL CANADIAN ART FOUNDATION — C$100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTHE STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL OF CANADA — C$90,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOHR CHAYA CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION — C$85,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HEALING FOREST — C$50,000 over 2y, 47% of budgetVICTIM SERVICES TORONTO — C$50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCanadian Transplant Society — C$50,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetToronto International Film Festival — C$48,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Ballet of Canada — C$45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVE'AHAVTA — C$40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Community Foundation of Montreal — C$30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND CHALLENGES CANADA FOUNDATION — C$30,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetJEWISH PUBLIC LIBRARY — C$30,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPEN CANADA — C$25,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetLeukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIsrael Cancer Research Fund — C$25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetGeorge R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWar Child Canada — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELEPHANT THOUGHTS EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIndispire — C$20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT GIVE BACK FOR YOUTH — C$18,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF CANADA — C$15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSummit School Foundation — C$15,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetREENA FOUNDATION — C$14,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PRINCESS MARGARET CANCER FOUNDATION — C$12,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHR CANADA CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION — C$12,500 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSunnybrook Foundation — C$10,860 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOFT COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrain Canada Foundation — C$8,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYORK UNIVERSITY — C$7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMerry Go Round Children's Foundation — C$6,500 over 3y, 0.3% 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.

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 …The Gerald Schwartz &…Gerald Sheff & Shanit…The Linda Frum & Howa…Toronto FoundationThe Ira Gluskin and M…The Asper FoundationLarry and Judy Tanenb…The Azrieli Foundatio…The Dh Gales Family C…The Philip Smith Foun…Wcpd Foundation
Jewish Foundation of Greater TorontoON20.8× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto · The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation · Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Family Foundation · The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation · Toronto Foundation · The Ira Gluskin and Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foun · The Asper Foundation · Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation · The Azrieli Foundation/La Fondation Azrieli · The Dh Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto · The Philip Smith Foundation · Wcpd 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 85 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 2024-12-31, 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 889867370:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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