Bikur Cholim
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 133048645RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,590,550) as filed with the CRA.
Bikur Cholim is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 39% from donations, 49% from other charities. In 2024, 82 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $39K in 2024, the largest being $16K to Kollel Daf Yomi Institute. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
(a) to supply and render services of a charitable nature to poor and needy persons; (b) to establish training and educational centres and to train poor and needy persons in gainful trades professions and occupations with a view to enabling such persons to become self-supporting; (c) to give donations for charitable or patriotic purposes; and (d) to cooperate with other organizations whether incorporated or not which have similar objects
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $24K | $39K | $4.4M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $32K | $53K | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $43K | $37K | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $36K | $5,000 | $2M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $26K | $12K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $39K to 8 qualified donees:
Received $1.1M from 82 charities:
- Israel Koschitzky Family Charitable Foundation$125K
- The Meyer and Idelle Weinstock Charitable Foundation$125K
- Agudath Israel of Toronto$107K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$83K
- J & H Feldman Charitable Foundation$60K
- Toronto Chesed Foundation$44K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$42K
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$40K
- My Charity Fund$37K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$36K
- Mehaduras Friedman Foundation$31K
- The Dana Charitable Foundation$30K
- Moral Arc Foundation$25K
- The Brothers of Mercy Foundation$22K
- Chevra Oseh Chesed Financial Assistance Organization$19K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$18K
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$18K
- The Amayn Charitable Foundation$18K
- Silver Family Charitable Foundation$18K
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$16K
- Yeshivas Keser Torah$15K
- The Reiter Family Foundation$14K
- The Mesora Charitable Foundation$13K
- Community Funds for Families and Children$13K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$13K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$494K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lily Heller (president); Susan Donath (treasurer); Rachelle Einhorn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bikur Cholim’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133048645RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.