Beth Hamedrash l'Horaah
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 893111575RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($173,350) as filed with the CRA.
Beth Hamedrash l'Horaah 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 $316K in revenue and $173K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $37K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $80K in 2024, the largest being $64K to Agudath Israel of Montreal Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $151K in 2020 to $316K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Operate a school for teaching religious studies
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $316K | $173K | $92K | — | $80K | $256K |
| 2023 | $505K | $457K | $62K | — | $27K | $402K |
| 2022 | $173K | $135K | — | — | $135K | $38K |
| 2021 | $139K | $140K | — | $38K | $93K | $256 |
| 2020 | $151K | $150K | — | $17K | $119K | $68K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $80K to 11 qualified donees:
- Agudath Israel of Montreal Inc$64K
- Yad Eliezer$8,700
- Yeshiva Gedolah l'Ecole d'Etudes Superieures de Montreal/yesshiva Gedolah the School of Higher Learning of Montreal$3,093
- Ecole Premiere Mesifta du Canada$1,300
- Tomchei Shabbos of Montreal$1,000
- Beth Jacob School$825
- Congregation Belz$400
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$360
- Belz Community Center$193
- Avreichim Torah Institute$100
- Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar$78
Received $37K from 12 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$20K
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$4,149
- Avreichim Torah Institute$4,000
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$1,800
- The B&C Zy Gezunt Charitable Foundation$1,800
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Salzberg Family Foundation$1,000
- Zichron David and Pesie Grunberger Fund$1,000
- The Shrage Zimmerman Memorial Fund$1,000
- The Thomas Hofstedter Family Foundation$600
- College Beth Jacob pour les Enseignants Inc./beth Jacob Teachers' College Inc.$315
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Harvey Finkelstein (vice-president); Menachem Katz (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Beth Hamedrash l'Horaah’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893111575RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.