Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 805230059RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($309,844) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $721K in revenue and $310K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $238K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions 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 94% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $38K in 2024, the largest being $38K to The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $237K in 2020 to $721K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Public education on antisemitism racism the holocaust and human rights: public lectures articles conference presentations website video presentations. We publish the leading academic hournal on the subject of antisemitism. Cisa provides the largest and most impactful bilingual human rights program in canada - over 5.7 million young people have used it in class.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $721K | $310K | $268K | $473 | $38K | $1M |
| 2023 | $400K | $304K | $299K | $1,585 | — | $620K |
| 2022 | $560K | $226K | $216K | $6,771 | — | $524K |
| 2021 | $237K | $220K | $234K | $2,598 | — | $191K |
| 2020 | $237K | $220K | $234K | $2,598 | — | $191K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $38K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $238K from 21 charities:
- WCPD Foundation$32K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$32K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$25K
- The Elizabeth and Tony Comper Foundation$25K
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$10K
- Price Family Foundation Inc.$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$4,959
- The Asper Foundation$4,300
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$3,600
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$2,000
- Tora Foundation/fondation Tora$1,800
- The Ian and Rochelle Laing Family Foundation Inc.$1,050
- White Rose Foundation Inc.$1,000
- White Rose Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Samuel and Anna Lazareck Foundation Inc.$1,000
- The DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto$500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$255
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$186K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandy Shindleman (president); Deborah Schnitzer (secretary); Catherine Chatterley (treasurer); Ida Albo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 805230059RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.