B'NAI LEVY Foundation
Charitable organization · Boisbriand, Quebec · BN 896469921RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($24,319,689) as filed with the CRA.
B'NAI LEVY Foundation is a charitable organization based in Boisbriand, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $19.1M in revenue and $24.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 64 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Solicit receive and maintain funds to provide a religious education for the purpose of advancing jewish culture and of installing a reverence for the spiritual ethical and moral values of jewish faith. 2. To do all such things that are incidential or conductive to the attainment of the above objectives. 3 maintain a house of worship where prayers are held.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19.1M | $24.3M | $2M | $121K | $1.3M | $26.5M |
| 2023 | $20.6M | $20.9M | $13M | $495K | $977K | $25.3M |
| 2022 | $37.6M | $29.3M | $13.9M | $1.4M | $668K | $25.3M |
| 2021 | $23.5M | $19.7M | $11.3M | $484K | — | $9M |
| 2020 | $26.9M | $5.1M | $15.1M | $369K | $3.2M | $10.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.7M from 31 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$630K
- Keren Yecheskel Foundation$368K
- Ezer Lanefesh Foundation / E.L.F.$200K
- Euro Charities Foundation Fondation caritative Euro$100K
- Euro Charities Foundation Fondation caritative Euro$100K
- The Baal Shem Tov Organization$49K
- B'Nai Zion Charity Fund$34K
- Centre Communautaire Bnois Yisroel$25K
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$24K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$18K
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$14K
- Social Services and Communal Matters Fund$12K
- The E Foundation$12K
- Faire Revivre / Lhachyois$11K
- Zichron David and Pesie Grunberger Fund$9,520
- Fischman Family Foundation$9,000
- Matan Bsayser Foundation$8,220
- Maharam Tav Fund$8,217
- Congrégation et Yechiva Zera Kodesh$6,240
- Kav Shalom KHM$5,288
- Tomchei Shabbos of Montreal$4,350
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Fischman Family Foundation$2,000
- Eizer Meshilem Feish Association / Association Eizer Meshilem Feish$1,800
- Beth Esther Academy Inc.$1,750
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,99959 positions
- Permanent full-time positions64
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yoel Cohen (director); Hirsh Kraus (director); Elimelech Lowy (administrator); Michael Orgel (director); Volvy Rosenbaum (president); Joseph Strulovich (vice president); Chaim Zweibel (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from B'NAI LEVY Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896469921RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.