Canadian Friends of Keren Hatzoloh
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 889944872RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,492,517) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Friends of Keren Hatzoloh is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 88% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $486K in 2024, the largest being $194K to Canadian Friends of Vaad Harabbanim. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $5.3M in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To provide scholarships and assistance to deserving students to enable them to follow religious courses given at different schools affiliated with keren hatzoloh.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2M | — | $486K | $265K |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.3M | — | $112K | $529K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | $32K | $491K |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $3.1M | $3.1M | — | $4,500 | $520K |
| 2020 | $5.3M | $4.4M | $3.7M | — | $680K | $808K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $486K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $35K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shlomo Geldzaheler (secretary); Simcha Schwartz (president); Leon Schwartz (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Friends of Keren Hatzoloh’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889944872RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.