Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal (canada)
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 850417478RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($48,034) as filed with the CRA.
Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal (canada) is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $25K in revenue and $48K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $42K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $76K in 2020 to $25K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Continuing work on developing spiritual resources; oversight of canadian students for ordination and awarding of scholarships; online sales of spiritual rescources. Blog in which progress on projects is shared particularly with regard to prayer responses to questions and essays on status issues.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25K | $48K | $34K | — | — | $43K |
| 2023 | $48K | $23K | $3,163 | — | — | $66K |
| 2022 | $10K | $51K | $4,989 | — | — | $40K |
| 2021 | $18K | $57K | $20K | — | — | $81K |
| 2020 | $76K | $10K | $6,644 | — | — | $120K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $42K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ralph Benmergui (executive director); Miriam Friedman (secretary); Sherril Gilbert (board member); Ali Hammad (board member); Rosalind Deborah Lesk (board member); Kevin McIntyre (board member); Jeremy Marvin Parnes (board member); Aaron Rotenberg (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal (canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850417478RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.