Ben Weider Educational Centre - Chabad Seminary
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 106741978RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,752,832) as filed with the CRA.
Ben Weider Educational Centre - Chabad Seminary is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 16% from government, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $608K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Centre chabad. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $763K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To provide teaching in jewish studies to young women of post high school age to become teachers in jewish studies courses.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $361K | $30K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.2M | $317K | $34K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1M | $108K | $22K | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $962K | $862K | $724K | $95K | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $763K | $948K | $780K | $50K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 20 qualified donees:
- Centre chabad$10K
- Congregation Zichron Yakov Yitzchok Belz$3,530
- CDRB / Kehal Machzikei Hadas Belz / KMHB$3,000
- Congregation de l'Aide Fraternelle Ezras Achim$2,867
- Chabad Chai Center / Centre Chabad Chai$2,500
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$2,340
- Friends of Kiryat Hayeled Jerusalem$2,000
- Congregation Lubavitch$880
- Centre de Developpement Yaldei Shashuim/yaldei Shashuim Develpmental Center$500
- Chabad Zichron Kedoshim Community$450
- Rabbinical College of Canada$400
- Congrégation Beth Chabad C.S.L.$360
- Chabad Chai Center / Centre Chabad Chai$360
- Anshei Lubavitch Shomrim Laboker$324
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$218
- Mesivta Kerem Menachem Schoo l$180
- Shomrim Laboker Beth Yehudah Congregation & Affiliated Congregation Shaare Tefilah$180
- Friendship Circle of Québec$100
- Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi$100
- Various$81
Received $608K from 21 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$344K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$74K
- The Azrieli Foundation$70K
- Gad and Sandra Bitton Family Foundation$37K
- The Bensadoun Family Foundation La fondation de la famille Bensadoun$36K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$12K
- Rosenberg Family Foundation$5,000
- WCPD Foundation$5,000
- Jewish Russian Speaking Community of Toronto$5,000
- L'Académie Beth Rivkah pour filles$4,000
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$3,500
- Centre chabad$3,000
- Mazon Canada$2,500
- Congregation Bais Menachem Chabad-Lubavitch$2,000
- Fondation Eldee-Eldee Foundation$1,800
- The Jack Victor Foundation$1,000
- Zolfam Matan Bceter Foundation$900
- Rose and Daniel Freedman Foundation Fondation Rose et DanielFreedman$500
- The Albert & Jimmy Lévy Family Foundation$180
- Canadahelps Canadon$138
- Centre Ligne de Vie / Lifeline Centre$18
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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$645K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Abraham Cohen (other (specify)); Stewart Diament (president); Akiva Kendall (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ben Weider Educational Centre - Chabad Seminary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106741978RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.