Canadian Friends of Satmar Eretz Yisrael
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 814969945RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,037,775) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Friends of Satmar Eretz Yisrael 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 $746K in revenue and $1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $68K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $15K in 2024, the largest being $11K to Académie Yeshiva Toras Moshe de Montréal. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $289K in 2020 to $746K 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 course being given at the satmar yeshiva in bnei brak in israel.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $746K | $1M | $1M | $9,705 | $15K | -$8,567 |
| 2023 | $894K | $1M | $1M | $5,800 | $16K | $283K |
| 2022 | $982K | $549K | $532K | $8,020 | $11K | $422K |
| 2021 | $175K | $173K | $147K | $9,229 | $12K | -$3,188 |
| 2020 | $289K | $379K | $349K | $7,272 | $17K | -$5,378 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $15K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $68K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Lowy (president); Gimpl Weingarten (secretary); Abraham Wercberger (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Friends of Satmar Eretz Yisrael’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 814969945RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.