Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Aish Hatorah
Charitable organization · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 106846512RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,049,780) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Aish Hatorah is a charitable organization based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 65 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Allied Voices for Israel. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Classes and activities are held to provide jewish education and programs. A synagogue is operated as part of the the programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $4M | $3.4M | $221K | $5,000 | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $4.2M | $4.2M | $3.6M | $298K | — | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.9M | $2.5M | $21K | — | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $2.2M | $1.9M | $202 | — | $4.2M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $3.4M | $3M | $19K | — | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- Allied Voices for Israel$5,000
Received $1.2M from 65 charities:
- The Village Shul and Learning Center of Toronto$217K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$173K
- The Dan-Hytman Family Foundation$94K
- The Meyer and Idelle Weinstock Charitable Foundation$61K
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$50K
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$45K
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$42K
- Abraham Bleeman Foundation$40K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$39K
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$38K
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$34K
- Canada Gives$30K
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$28K
- The Gross Family Foundation$27K
- The Emmet Foundation$25K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$20K
- Discount Car And Truck Rentals Charitable Foundation$18K
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$15K
- Mae Day Foundation$15K
- KFP Charitable Foundation$14K
- Building a Jewish Tomorrow$12K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$10K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$10K
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$10K
- Kahn Foundation$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Bloom (director); Yaakov Erlich (treasurer); Oren Rosen (president); Eli Leibowitz (director); Menashe Kenstenbaum (director); Neil Rennert (director); Susan Matlow (director); Gidon Kerbel (director); Murray Nightingale (director); Sam Strasser (director); Joel Wardinger (director); Yehuda Zolty (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Aish Hatorah’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106846512RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.