Beit Midrash Zichron Dov
Private foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 853827459RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($539,000) as filed with the CRA.
Beit Midrash Zichron Dov is a private foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $471K in revenue and $539K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 51% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $184K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $896K in 2020 to $471K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the organization is to provide torah education and leadership training for rabinical students who embrace the values of torah mitizion and yeshiva university and to promote these values to the jewish youth collegiates women and men of the greater toronto area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $471K | $539K | $305K | $210 | — | -$442K |
| 2023 | $827K | $819K | $574K | $70K | — | -$374K |
| 2022 | $818K | $898K | $772K | $38K | — | -$382K |
| 2021 | $528K | $805K | $592K | $39K | — | -$302K |
| 2020 | $896K | $676K | $582K | $36K | — | -$25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $184K from 24 charities:
- Israel Koschitzky Family Charitable Foundation$50K
- The Bill and Judith Rubinstein Charitable Foundation$50K
- Jewish Community of Ottawa Development Foundation$20K
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$14K
- Silver Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$10K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$9,330
- Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation$3,000
- My Charity Fund$2,652
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$2,500
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$1,980
- The Kelman Charitable Foundation$1,800
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$1,800
- The Joseph Rubin Foundation$1,260
- The Chaim Yosef and Chana Zeifman Charitable Trust$1,000
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Messorah Tzedakah Foundation$943
- Canadahelps Canadon$551
- The Weitz Family Foundation$500
- The Robert and Renee Rubinstein Charitable Foundation$500
- Conam Charitable Foundation$325
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$250
- Prime Quadrant Foundation$180
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$118
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$190K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aaron Ames (president); Ezra Lauterpacht (treasurer); Hadassa Pertman (executive officer); Jonathan Straus (secretary); Seth Grauer (chair person); Kesten Moishe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Beit Midrash Zichron Dov’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853827459RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.