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ZELDIE & JOE LESTER FOUNDATION

ZELDIE & JOE LESTER FOUNDATION is a Canadian private foundation based in Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec. It reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $69,000 a year, mostly to education organizations in Quebec and Ontario.

Giving: Under $100K a year

Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in each of the last five reporting years, averaging about $69,000 a year. The most recent was 2023, at about $69,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 189 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $100 and the largest was about $37,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 87 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included Les écoles Juives populaires et les écoles Peretz inc./ Jewish People's Schools And Peretz Schools Inc., ANNE & MAX TANENBAUM COMMUNITY HEBREW ACADEMY OF TORONTO and ZELDIE & JOE LESTER FOUNDATION.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to education (83%) and philanthropic (13%) organizations, based on each recipient's registered charity category.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went to recipients in Quebec (67%) and Ontario (33%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “THE FOUNDATION WAS SET UP TO EARN INVESTMENT INCOME AND TO PAY OUT THE EARNED AMOUNTS TO REGISTERED CHARITIES IN CANADA.”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31

Sources

CRA T3010 charity information returns. Last updated 2025-01-31.

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