Canadian Friends of Yad Eliezer
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 889966867RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,276,705) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Friends of Yad Eliezer is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 58% from other charities. In 2024, 60 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $5M in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1) food coupons for screened families lacking basics. 2) provide baby formula to malnourished infants. 3) grants to families in an emergency or when breadwinner is deceased. 4) job training apprenticeships and courses. 5) winter coat and blanket distribution. 6) monthly stipend to carefully screened families where breadwinner is deceased
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $3.3M | $3.2M | $21K | — | $17K |
| 2023 | $7.4M | $7.2M | $7.2M | $12K | — | $260K |
| 2022 | $7.3M | $7.3M | $7.2M | $29K | — | $68K |
| 2021 | $3.9M | $4.1M | $4M | $28K | — | $72K |
| 2020 | $5M | $4.9M | $4.8M | — | — | $213K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.8M from 60 charities:
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$1M
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$226K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$85K
- Moral Arc Foundation$54K
- Canadahelps Canadon$52K
- Canadahelps Canadon$52K
- My Charity Fund$48K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$33K
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$29K
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$24K
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$22K
- The David and Judy Rothschild Charitable Foundation$22K
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$18K
- The E Foundation$18K
- J & H Feldman Charitable Foundation$16K
- Zolty Charitable Foundation$15K
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$10K
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$10K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$9,200
- Famglas Foundation$7,850
- The Sharing Foundation$6,200
- The Gross Family Foundation$6,180
- The Albert & Egosah Reichmann Family Foundation$6,000
- Philip and Hannah Reichmann Family Foundation$4,800
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$3,654
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacob Berger (president); Joseph Gestetner (treasurer); Sandra Gestetner (vice-president); Chaya Hutman (secretary); Chaya Salamon (other (specify)).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Friends of Yad Eliezer’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889966867RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.