Belz Community School
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 107470387RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($9,414,668) as filed with the CRA.
Belz Community School is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of religion. 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 $9.5M in revenue and $9.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $404K.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 101 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Operate a jewish school in which the bible the study of hebrew prayers and other subjects of the jewish religion will be taught more specifically the general and religious instruction in the strict context of the orthodox jewish religion. Receive donations and other contributions of the same nature in cash moveables or immoveavbles administer such donations the organization of campaigns in the goal of gathering funds for religious purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.5M | $9.4M | $8.3M | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $8.7M | $8.7M | $7.5M | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $8M | $7.9M | $6.9M | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $6.7M | $5.5M | $4.6M | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $6.6M | $5.6M | $4.8M | — | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $404K from 14 charities:
- Federation Cja$310K
- Kehilas Belz / Regroupement communautaire Belz$39K
- Centre chabad$15K
- Menucha Vesimcha$12K
- CDRB / Kehal Machzikei Hadas Belz / KMHB$6,970
- Friends of Kiryat Hayeled Jerusalem$6,554
- Institution Viznitz / Viznitz Institution$4,425
- Mifalei Chaim Bechesed (MCB)$3,600
- BNOT Jerusalem Seminary$3,330
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$1,163
- Kolel of Congregation Chaside Belz Umachzike Hadasz$785
- The Yad Ezer Fund$95
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$24
- Canadahelps Canadon$19
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions101
- Total compensation, all staff$6.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joseph Gross (vice-president); Moshe Gross (administrateur); Isaac Imann (secretaire/tresorier); Tzvi Kanner (president); Chaim Moskovits (secretaire/tresorier).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Belz Community School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107470387RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.