Akiva School
Publicly funded institution · Westmount, Quebec · BN 106691066RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($7,513,322) as filed with the CRA.
Akiva School is a charitable organization based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $7.3M in revenue and $7.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 22% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $626K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 62 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The akiva school is an elementary school providing education for children in junior kindergarden through grade 6. It provides religious instruction to children of jewish faith as well as regular english and french instruction. All activities are for education purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.3M | $7.5M | $6.5M | $166K | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $7M | $6.8M | $5.7M | $163K | $150K | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $6.6M | $6M | $5.1M | $148K | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $6.4M | $5.5M | $4.7M | $104K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $5.7M | $5.6M | $4.9M | $179K | — | $554K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $626K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions62
- Total compensation, all staff$5.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Albert Arazi (treasurer); Amanda Blatt (director); Peter Castiel (president); Hal Hannaford (director); Gideon Pollack (director); Orly Shapiro (vice-president); Guy Vadish (director); Jason Agulnik (director); Matthew Pekofsky (director); Sean Surkis (director); Jodie Frenkiel (director); Gabriel Benhamron (director); Naomi Fayer (director); Hillel Rosen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Akiva School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106691066RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.