Agence Ometz
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 118974443RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,489,129) as filed with the CRA.
Agence Ometz is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $6.7M in revenue and $6.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 14% from government, 62% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6.5M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 58 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the organization is to provide employment immigration and social services to help people meet their challenges and fulfill their potential and to secure the growth and vitality of the montreal jewish community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.7M | $6.5M | $4.8M | $247K | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $6.7M | $6.6M | $4.8M | $231K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $6.8M | $6.5M | $4.8M | $223K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $6.5M | $6.2M | $4.8M | $169K | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $7M | $6.8M | $5.2M | $237K | — | $978K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6.5M from 17 charities:
- Federation Cja$4.7M
- B.D H. Community Foundation$872K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$446K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$251K
- The Azrieli Foundation$95K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$35K
- The Mireille and Murray Steinberg Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille Mireille et Muuray Steinberg$18K
- The Michael and David Cape Foundation$10K
- Fondation Familiale Gewurz/Gewurz Family Fondation$8,600
- Caldwell Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,221
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,500
- The Richter Charitable Foundation/la Fondation Charitable Richter$2,500
- The Richter Charitable Foundation/la Fondation Charitable Richter$2,500
- Mazon Canada$2,500
- Nellie Philanthropy Foundation$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions58
- Total compensation, all staff$5.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeffrey Berkowitz (president); Joel Shalit (past president); Linda Schachter (vice-president); Igor Bernadski (secretary-treasurer); Genevieve Busbib (administrator); Karen Sigman Laxer (administrator); David Martz (administrator); Micol Haimson (administrator); Gilbert Tordjman (administrator); Bonnie Lester (administrator); Janice Heft (administrator); Mark Brender (administrator); Brenda Gewurz (administrator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Agence Ometz’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118974443RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.