Canadian Friends of Yeshiva University
Public foundation · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 819680851RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,785,949) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Friends of Yeshiva University is a public foundation based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $873K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.3M to Yeshiva University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Organizing fund raising event and providing assistance for worthy canadian students to attend yeshiva university and the albert eistein school of medicine. Provide funding for special educational projects for canadian studentes at yeshiva university
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $1.8M | $314K | $10K | $1.3M | $5.5M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $342K | $13K | $1.7M | $4.8M |
| 2022 | $4.2M | $4.7M | $277K | $27K | $4.3M | $4.5M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.5M | $301K | $17K | $2M | $5M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $339K | $8,184 | $1.2M | $4.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 1 qualified donee:
- Yeshiva University$1.3M
Received $873K from 16 charities:
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$180K
- The DR. Wolf Lebovic Charitable Foundation$180K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$158K
- Fondation Familiale Gewurz/Gewurz Family Fondation$117K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$81K
- The Rothfam Foundation$55K
- The Amayn Charitable Foundation$50K
- Aqueduct Foundation$31K
- THE IRA GLUSKIN AND MAXINE GRANOVSKY GLUSKIN CHARITABLE FOUNdation$10K
- The Marble Arch Foundation Corp.$2,300
- Conam Charitable Foundation$2,000
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$2,000
- Daat Charitable Foundation$1,800
- J & J Bitton Family Charitable Foundation$1,800
- Canadahelps Canadon$96
- My Charity Fund$60
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$315K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joseph Fried (treasurer); Norman Sternthal (secretary); Arthur Stechkler (director); Marty Lieberman (director); Shlomo Drazin (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Friends of Yeshiva University’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819680851RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.