Beth Tzedec Congregation
Charitable organization · York, Ontario · BN 130397706RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($8,119,696) as filed with the CRA.
Beth Tzedec Congregation is a charitable organization based in York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $9.4M in revenue and $8.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $506K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 35 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $253K in 2024, the largest being $121K to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
We provide: 1) A minimum of 3 religious services each day 2) Wedding and funeral services 3) A wide variety of adult education programs 4) Afternoon and Sunday religious schooling 5) Training to young people to enable them to celebrate Bar/Bat Mitzvah 6) Training for volunteers in areas of visits to the sick shut-ins & houses of mourning 7) Scholarships to students in disciplines related to Judaism 8) Youth activities to a wide range of age groups
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.4M | $8.1M | $5.8M | $197K | $253K | $34.3M |
| 2023 | $8.1M | $7.2M | $5.2M | $80K | $116K | $31.3M |
| 2022 | $7.9M | $6M | $4.1M | $21K | $164K | $30.3M |
| 2021 | $7.6M | $5.4M | $3.9M | $47K | $101K | $32.4M |
| 2020 | $7M | $6.5M | — | — | $84K | $24.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $253K to 9 qualified donees:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$121K
- The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism$60K
- Beth Sholom Synagogue$33K
- The Jewish Theological Society of Canada$21K
- Dominion Church$7,000
- Toronto Community Mikvah$4,378
- Canadian Friends of the Jaffa Institute$3,000
- Hillel Ontario$2,300
- Canadian Foundation for Masorti Judaism$1,300
Received $506K from 26 charities:
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$150K
- The Max and Beatrice Wolfe Charitable Foundation$105K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$103K
- Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Family Foundation$33K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$21K
- The Atid Charitable Foundation$18K
- The Leboff Family Charitable Foundation$18K
- The Abe and Elsie Posluns Family Foundation$10K
- Klass Foundation$10K
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$6,000
- The P.austin Family Foundation$5,140
- The Willie and Mildred Fleischer Charitable Foundation$5,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$4,800
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,442
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$2,500
- Ruby Family Foundation$1,800
- The Azrieli Foundation$1,800
- Yeshivas Limudei Hashem Society$1,565
- Winberg Foundation$1,457
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,000
- The Sid and Denise Levin Charitable Foundation$650
- The Jay and Barbara Hennick Family Foundation$532
- Socks 4 Souls Canada Inc.$524
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$460
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions35
- Total compensation, all staff$4.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Elman; Jamie Golombek; Marice Hart; Naomi Kramer; Mitchell Max (vice president); Patti Rotman; Earl Schwebel; Brian Segal (chair); Don Smith (president); Arlyn Zimmerman; Pearl Berman; Leah Mauer; Bruce Elman (secretary); Paul Mandel (treasurer); Corinne Promislow; Jacob Citron; Jennifer Lau; Steven Liss; Daniel Stern.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Beth Tzedec Congregation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130397706RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.