Calgary Lodge Menorah Charitable Foundation
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 888938461RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($336,952) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Lodge Menorah Charitable Foundation is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $316K in revenue and $337K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 100% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $88K in 2024, the largest being $30K to Camp B'Nai B'Rith Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $124K in 2020 to $316K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Through qualified donors to various youth groups either directly or through intermediaries. Allocation committee assesses grants based on established criteria.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $316K | $337K | — | $196K | $88K | $92K |
| 2023 | $92K | $48K | $7,388 | — | $1,300 | $113K |
| 2022 | $205K | $388K | $103K | $47K | $103K | $70K |
| 2021 | $118K | $54K | $15K | — | $15K | $151K |
| 2020 | $124K | $241K | $156K | $156K | $85K | $58K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $88K to 11 qualified donees:
- Camp B'Nai B'Rith Society$30K
- Moniteur Un Watch Canada$27K
- The Calgary Jewish Academy$10K
- Central Organization for Jewish Education Lubavitch Alberta$6,000
- Chevra Kadisha of Calgary$5,000
- Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta$3,000
- Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre Society$2,000
- Project Warmth Society of Alberta$2,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$1,800
- Jewish Family Services (calgary)$720
- Northwest Canada B'Naib'rith Youth Orgainization Society—
Received $15K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$29K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stacy Shaikin (president); Joel Zimmerman (vice president); Howard Silver (treasurer); Rob Rothstein (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Lodge Menorah Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888938461RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.