Calgary Jewish Federation
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 830002861RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,832,452) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Jewish Federation is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from donations. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $3.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.9M to United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.1M in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
The calgary jewish federation (cfj) is the community's central funding planning and coordinating body. The cfj allocates resources according to a strategic plan based on jewish communal needs and priorities. Cfj also offers programming with specific emphasis on leadership development outreach holocaust education and connections with israel.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.8M | $607K | $403K | $3.3M | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.2M | — | — | $1.8M | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $3.1M | $629K | $387K | $1.8M | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $3M | $548K | $399K | $1.8M | $610K |
| 2020 | $3.1M | $3M | $552K | $391K | $1.7M | $385K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.3M to 6 qualified donees:
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$1.9M
- Calgary Jewish Community Campus Corporation$594K
- Calgary Jewish Academy$382K
- Jewish Family Services (calgary)$217K
- Congregation House of Jacob$124K
- Camp B'Nai B'Rith Society$88K
Received $1.8M from 21 charities:
- The Paperny Family Charitable Foundation$639K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$512K
- The Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation$250K
- The Calgary Foundation$99K
- The Philip and Harriet Libin Family Foundation$97K
- The Azrieli Foundation$32K
- Greenmar Family Foundation$30K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$28K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$27K
- ATB Investor Services Foundation$22K
- The David and Rose Zivot Family Foundation$12K
- BenefAction Foundation$8,000
- Somar Family Foundation$7,500
- United Way of Calgary and Area$3,113
- ZLC Foundation$2,700
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,325
- Kamloops Gospel Chapel$2,000
- Canada Gives$1,000
- Allied Voices for Israel$158
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
- Prime Quadrant Foundation$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$937K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jordan Balaban (board member); Daniel Bassin (treasurer); Alana Devlin (board member); Bruce Libin (board member); Lisa Libin (president); Ellen Magidson (board member); Beth Price (board member); Maggie Rabinovitz (vice president); Debbie Ryder (board member); Michael Simantov (board member); Jared Shore (board member); Sandra Morton-Weizman (board member); Adam Maerov (vice president); Mark Mandel (board member); Cali Oppenheim (board member); Chaim Katz (board member); Neta Pyasi (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Jewish Federation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830002861RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.