B'Nai Zion Charity Fund
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118812627RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,704,623) as filed with the CRA.
B'Nai Zion Charity Fund is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 39% from donations, 61% from other charities. In 2024, 81 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $791K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $138K in 2024, the largest being $67K to Moral Arc Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The relief of poverty the advancement of religion and the furtherance of education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | $138K | $21K |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $2.1M | — | $262K | $228K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $17.3M | $19K | $60K | $105K |
| 2021 | $309K | $405K | $335K | — | $56K | $24K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $989K | — | $52K | $120K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $138K to 12 qualified donees:
- Moral Arc Foundation$67K
- B'NAI LEVY Foundation$34K
- Mosdos Bobov$12K
- Kollel Toras Moshe$8,150
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$3,705
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$3,450
- Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar$3,125
- Kol Torah Sephardic Centre$2,700
- Congregation Chasidei Bobov$2,000
- Institut de la pensée juive et communautaire$1,100
- Kav Shalom KHM$660
- Menucha Vesimcha$340
Received $791K from 81 charities:
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$130K
- My Charity Fund$97K
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$90K
- Matan Bsayser Foundation$63K
- The B&C Zy Gezunt Charitable Foundation$59K
- Zolty Charitable Foundation$38K
- The Dana Charitable Foundation$34K
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$26K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$26K
- Moral Arc Foundation$22K
- The Dana Charitable Foundation$20K
- Diamond Foundation$20K
- J & H Feldman Charitable Foundation$14K
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$13K
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$11K
- J.frankel Family Charitable Trust$11K
- Linas Tzedek Charitable Foundation$10K
- Nathan & Shani Bleeman Charitable Foundation$10K
- Shimon & Deena Smursz Charitable Foundation$8,990
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$8,900
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$7,500
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$7,485
- Ahavas Sholom Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$4,394
- The Daniel and Vera Rubinstein Charitable Foundation$3,470
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$54K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Baruch Sturm (director); Israel Kohn (director); Israel Mueller (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from B'Nai Zion Charity Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118812627RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.