Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 106837347RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($386,570) as filed with the CRA.
Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $326K in revenue and $387K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $62K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $23K in 2024, the largest being $18K to Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $326K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To educate and increase the public's understanding and appreciation of the arts by conserving and exhibiting works of art and otherwise making them available to the public; to educate and increase canadians' israelis' and the public's understanding and appreciation of the arts including visual arts literature drama music science and history by undertaking presentations and exhibitions of artistic works in these stated fields; to advance education by providing scholarships bursaries awards and other forms of financial assistance to students in canada and israel in the fields of art lite…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $326K | $387K | $213K | — | $23K | $5.4M |
| 2023 | $5.1M | $698K | $582K | — | — | $5.5M |
| 2022 | $805K | $662K | $551K | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $985K | $793K | $697K | — | — | $889K |
| 2020 | $1M | $771K | $673K | $305 | — | $697K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $23K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $62K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$90K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Norman Barwin (director); Ronald Bresler (director); Jane Gordon (director); Naomi Himel (director); Dorothy Reitman (director); Susan Slater (director); Reesa Sud (president); Sara Vered (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106837347RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.