Atelier Jem Inc./jem Workshop Inc.
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 118847680RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,769,067) as filed with the CRA.
Atelier Jem Inc./jem Workshop Inc. 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 $4.1M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 48% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $905K.
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 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
Adapted enterprise offering packaging assembly and fulfillment services for customers from a wide array of industries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $3.8M | $2.8M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.5M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $2.9M | $2.2M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $2.8M | $2.5M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $2.6M | — | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $905K from 11 charities:
- Federation Cja$719K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$106K
- The Azrieli Foundation$50K
- The Barbara and David Zukor Charitable Foundation of Hampstead$12K
- Barry F. Lorenzetti Foundation$5,000
- The Michael and David Cape Foundation$3,600
- Fondation Familiale Gewurz/Gewurz Family Fondation$3,600
- The Mireille and Murray Steinberg Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille Mireille et Muuray Steinberg$3,600
- Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$469
- Canadahelps Canadon$11
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shelley Smith (immediate past president); Leslie Perez (administrator); Sheri Spunt (administrator); Kathleen Lempert (president); Ronald Balinsky (administrator); Michael Etinson (administrator); Daniel Hofmann (vice president secretary); David Petrie (treasurer); Richard Vineberg (administrator); Adam Gold (administrator); Maia Cooper (executive directore); Ruth Levitsky (administrator); Aubrey Rosenhek (administrator); Ashley Ross (administrator); Arielle Segal (administrator); Julie Kristof (administrator); Lisa Modell (administrator); Brigitte Skeene (administrator); Gurit Lotan (administrator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Atelier Jem Inc./jem Workshop Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118847680RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.