B'Nai Brith National Organization of Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 787557495RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,029,609) as filed with the CRA.
B'Nai Brith National Organization of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.5M in revenue and $7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.4M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $13K in 2024, the largest being $7,500 to United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.9M in 2020 to $7.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The organization's purpose is to relieve poverty prevent discrimination and antisemitism improve the moral and ethical development of the community provide assistance to victims of human rights abuses relieve conditions associated with the elderly receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of these funds to charitable organizations and programs that are registered charities under the income tax act as well as related entities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.5M | $7M | $4.8M | $1.8M | $13K | $828K |
| 2023 | $6.3M | $6.4M | $4M | $2.1M | $11K | $403K |
| 2022 | $5.1M | $4.9M | $2.9M | $1.8M | $35K | $471K |
| 2021 | $3.4M | $3.6M | $2M | $1.3M | $131K | $357K |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $1.7M | $903K | $18K | $553K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $13K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $5.4M from 12 charities:
- B'nai Brith of Canada Foundation$5.3M
- New Century Charitable Foundation$100K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$20K
- Aqueduct Foundation$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$11K
- The Jaclyn Fisher Foundation La Fondation Jaclyn Fisher$7,500
- The Randy Starkman Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$2,430
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$2,400
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,729
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,260
- My Charity Fund$200
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
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$3.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jay Harris (director); Joseph Shier (director); Franklin Switzer (director); Steven Picov (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from B'Nai Brith National Organization of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 787557495RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.