Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 106729288RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($21,809,788) as filed with the CRA.
Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, 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 $25.5M in revenue and $21.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 6% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 37 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.7M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 100 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to Torah in Motion. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
To establish provide and conduct schools for instruction in torah jewish religious practices tradition culture literature history hebrew language and related subjects. To instill in children a sense of commitment and indentification with torah language jewish people ideals and traditions and with the state of israel. To establish provide and conduct schools for secular studies in accordance with the requirements and regulations as may be from time to time established by the ontario ministry of education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25.5M | $21.8M | $18M | $390K | $100 | $43.5M |
| 2023 | $22.1M | $18M | $14.5M | $161K | — | -$4.9M |
| 2022 | $18.8M | $19.1M | $15.5M | $140K | — | $35.8M |
| 2021 | $19.2M | $16.4M | $13M | $89K | — | $36.1M |
| 2020 | $18.3M | $16.6M | $12M | $112K | — | $33.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
- Torah in Motion$100
Received $3.7M from 37 charities:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$2.1M
- The Gerda Frieberg Charitable Foundation$700K
- The Weisfeld Family Charitable Foundation$167K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$134K
- KNRS Charitable Foundation$120K
- Garry Hurvitz Foundation$100K
- David Mansell and Naomi Rifkind Mansell Foundation$64K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$50K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$30K
- KNRS Charitable Foundation$26K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$24K
- The Emmet Foundation$20K
- My Charity Fund$20K
- The Burning Bush Foundation$19K
- The Serruya Family Foundation$19K
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$18K
- Circle of Life Charitable Foundation$18K
- Rachel Bitton Charitable Foundation$16K
- The Luft Schwartz Family Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- Discount Car And Truck Rentals Charitable Foundation$10K
- Alexander E Grossman Foundation$10K
- Bierbrier Family Foundation$7,615
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions100
- Total compensation, all staff$14.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rachale Cohen (director); Darrell Cordes (director); Rina Gerson (director); Hanan Goldfarb (vice-president); Jonathan Halpern (past president); Henry Koschitzky (director); Yonah Krakowsky (treasurer); Elliot Marer (president); Robert Richler (director); Daniella Samuel (director); Mark Siboni (secretary); Brenda Weitzner (vice-president); Effie Wolle (member-at-large); Tamara Katz (director); Gabi Krug (director); Kyle Litchman (director); Katie Rochwerg (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106729288RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.