Beth David B'Nai Israel Beth Am
Charitable organization · Downsview, Ontario · BN 118804616RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,356,137) as filed with the CRA.
Beth David B'Nai Israel Beth Am is a charitable organization based in Downsview, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $46K in 2024, the largest being $22K to Christians for Israel Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 24 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2.4M | $2.2M | $7,303 | $46K | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $2.1M | $2M | $36K | $1,000 | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $2.1M | $2M | $5,116 | — | $4.2M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.1M | $2M | $29K | — | $4.5M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $5,240 | — | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $46K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $25K from 10 charities:
- The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation$7,500
- Forest Hill Lions Club$4,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,565
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,994
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,637
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$2,500
- Faith Alive Christian Centre Inc.$600
- Congregation Bina$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$400
- Celebration Presbyterian Church$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeff Cooper (director); Igor Ellyn (vp finance & admin); Arie Frohlich (director); Ellen Haspel (director); Marsha Moshinsky (director); Kyle Harris (director); Dianne Rubinoff (director); Rosalie Selick (director); Dorothy Astroff (director); Chaim Birbrager (director); Nava Blanenstein (vp finance and admin); Lisa Feld (director); Marty Feldman (chair); Celia Goldberg (director); Gary Goldfarb (vp house and property); Janice Goldmintz (vp programming and ritu); Jan Hendry (director); Balia Lubek (president); Steve Picov (treasurer); Adele Randall (director); Alex Roth (brotherhood rep); Ken Shelson (director); Cyla Shiffman (director); Miriam Telem (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Beth David B'Nai Israel Beth Am’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118804616RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.