Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel
Charitable organization · Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec · BN 106863061RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($19,674,933) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel is a charitable organization based in Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $18.2M in revenue and $19.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 131% from donations, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 133 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16.8M.
Compared with 85 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.6M in 2020 to $18.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
Acquired ambulances blood plasma medical supplies and medical equipment for magen david adom (israeli red cross)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.2M | $19.7M | $17.5M | — | — | -$522K |
| 2023 | $5.8M | $7.5M | $5.8M | — | — | $981K |
| 2022 | $5M | $4.1M | $2.9M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $5.1M | $4.8M | $3.5M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $5.4M | $3.5M | $522K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16.8M from 133 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$5M
- Canadahelps Canadon$5M
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1.9M
- Al Roadburg Foundation$1M
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$569K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$428K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$329K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$310K
- The Freedman-Feinstein Family Foundation$195K
- White Rose Foundation Inc.$175K
- The Calgary Foundation$146K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$120K
- The Atid Charitable Foundation$108K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$105K
- The Milton and Frimette Snow Charitable Foundation$65K
- BenefAction Foundation$58K
- The Benjamin Foundation$58K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$57K
- The Tova and Alex Hartman Family Foundation$56K
- Cidel Foundation$53K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$52K
- The DR. Wolf Lebovic Charitable Foundation$50K
- Green Sanderson Family Foundation$50K
- The Ben and Hilda Katz Charitable Foundation$50K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$49K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Arlene Abitan (vice president); Earl Adler; Rachel Alloul; Joseph Amzallag (president); Ami Bakerman; Martin Banoon; Daniel Benlolo; Joseph Bitton (past president); Evelyn Bloomfield Schachter; Mayer Diamond (secretary); Edmond Elbaz; Stanley Herman; Rick Leckner; Leslie Lenetsky; Michael I Levine (immediate past president); Herbert Madar; Gill Obadia (treasurer); Arieh Rossdeutscher (vice president); Norton Segal (past president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106863061RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.