Bais Yaakov of Thornhill
Publicly funded institution · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 741300677RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,589,158) as filed with the CRA.
Bais Yaakov of Thornhill is a charitable organization based in Thornhill, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 42 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $365K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Ner Israel. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $35K in 2021 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Advanced education by operating an elementary school for girls that provided secular education and also taught the culture associared with judasim. Advanced religion bu estabilishing and operating and elementary school for girls that tecahes the religious tenets doctrines and observances associated with judaism.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $72K | $5,000 | -$399K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $38K | — | -$152K |
| 2022 | $996K | $896K | $877K | $2,456 | $1,500 | -$1,746 |
| 2021 | $35K | $45K | $410K | $22K | — | $77K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- Ner Israel$5,000
Received $365K from 42 charities:
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$37K
- The B&C Zy Gezunt Charitable Foundation$36K
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$36K
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$31K
- Abraham Bleeman Foundation$25K
- Zolty Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Albert & Egosah Reichmann Family Foundation$25K
- My Charity Fund$23K
- J & H Feldman Charitable Foundation$15K
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$13K
- Torah Umesorah Canada$12K
- The Institute of Torah Education$10K
- The Meyer and Idelle Weinstock Charitable Foundation$10K
- Moral Arc Foundation$9,855
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$5,820
- The Dan-Hytman Family Foundation$5,000
- Shimon & Deena Smursz Charitable Foundation$5,000
- J & J Bitton Family Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Shaarei Zion Community Centre$4,018
- The Jacobs Family Foundation$3,600
- Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi$3,000
- J.frankel Family Charitable Trust$3,000
- The S. Sigler Family Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Rachel Bitton Charitable Foundation$2,500
- The M & J Charitable Trust$2,500
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$974K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Abraham (director); Chaim Gross (director); Joshua Irons (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bais Yaakov of Thornhill’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 741300677RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.