Beth Esther Academy Inc.

Beth Esther Academy Inc. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $6.2M in revenue and $5M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 42% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $246K.

Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% 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 $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 41 permanent full-time positions.

It reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $110K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Canadian Friends of Mesivta Torah V'Yirah of U T a. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $11.3M in 2020 to $6.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.