Baron de Hirsch-Back River Cemeteries Inc.
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 126758093RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,232,091) as filed with the CRA.
Baron de Hirsch-Back River Cemeteries Inc. is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $9M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures.
In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Raising funds for the operations of 2 or more jewish cemeteries in montreal.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9M | $4.2M | $3.2M | — | — | $43.4M |
| 2023 | $4.6M | $3.8M | $2.9M | $9,959 | — | $38.6M |
| 2022 | $6.1M | $3.7M | $2.7M | $5,971 | — | $37.8M |
| 2021 | $9.4M | $3.7M | $2.7M | $4,552 | — | $35.4M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $3.6M | $2.6M | $13K | — | $29.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 7 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$12K
- Communauté Sepharade Unifiée du Québec$2,500
- Leo and Shirley Goldfarb Foundation/fondation Leo and Shirley Goldfarb$360
- Joseph Neufeld Family Foundation/ Fondation Familiale Joseph Neufeld$360
- Canadahelps Canadon$306
- Saul S. Abracen & Family Foundation$250
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$48
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joseph Alter (director); Michael Cape (secretary); Donald Davis (past president); Ariel Dayan (director); Moshe Ben-Shach (director); Carl Frymel (director); Alex Kestenbaum (president); Stephen Schecter (treasurer); Phil Anzarut (director); Alana Greenberg (director); Susan Szalpeter (vice president); Brandon Blant (director); Maxyne Finkelstein (director); David Steinlauf (officer at large); Michael Whitman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Baron de Hirsch-Back River Cemeteries Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 126758093RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.