Beth Sholom Synagogue
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 106790413RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,699,206) as filed with the CRA.
Beth Sholom Synagogue is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.5M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 38 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.4M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $1,008 in 2024, the largest being $540 to Achim LaChaim. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4M in 2020 to $6.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 24 names.
In its own words
The primary function of the charity is to conduct and facilitate religious services on a daily basis including all religious life cycle events. Services are available to members and the community at large. The charity provides educational programming for children and adults and runs an afternoon religious school and a nursery programme. Many services are provided to members and non-members at no cost.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.5M | $5.7M | $3.9M | $312K | $1,010 | $11.9M |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $5.3M | $4.7M | $201K | $3,080 | $11.1M |
| 2022 | $6.3M | $5.3M | $4.8M | $79K | $2,000 | $11.5M |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $4.3M | $3.9M | $18K | $1,080 | $10.5M |
| 2020 | $4M | $3.4M | $3M | $19K | — | $9.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,008 to 4 qualified donees:
Received $1.4M from 38 charities:
- The David and Stacey Cynamon Family Foundation$300K
- Beth Sholom Foundation$255K
- The Warren and Debbie Kimel Family Foundation$250K
- The Lillian and Norman Glowinsky Family Foundation$75K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$75K
- Alexander E Grossman Foundation$66K
- The Freedman-Feinstein Family Foundation$62K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- The Sydney and Florence Cooper Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Lewis and Charlotte Steinberg Family Foundation$22K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$18K
- BenefAction Foundation$18K
- R-FFLOW Foundation$15K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$15K
- Leonard Wolinsky Foundation$15K
- B'nai B'rith Youth Organization of Canada$10K
- The David and Stacey Cynamon Family Foundation$10K
- The David and Stacey Cynamon Family Foundation$10K
- Out of the Cold Foundation$9,350
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$3,760
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$3,760
- The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation$3,600
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$2,500
- THE BRETTLER/Mintz Foundation$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over2 positions
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,99911 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steven Kelman (director); Eric Grossman (director); Randi Skurka (director); Sky Schapiro (director); Warren Kimel (director); Abe Glowinsky (past president); Kyle Goldenberg (1nd vice president); Jerry Goldenberg (honourary treasurer); Amy Platt (director); Jimmy Gross (director); Stanley Grossman (treasurer); Stephen Sommer (director); Nolan Grubert (director); Hershel Sahian (2nd vice president); David Krieger (immediate past president); Evan Krofchick (director); Shawn Tock (director); Jill Mayer (director); Lawrence Scheiman (director); Matthew Krofchick (director); Margaret Lindzon (president); Solomon Mathalon (director); Larry Rich (director); Lorynne Schreiber (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Beth Sholom Synagogue’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106790413RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.