Central Organization for Jewish Education Lubavitch British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 106887490RR0002 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,258,078) as filed with the CRA.
Central Organization for Jewish Education Lubavitch British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 50% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $292K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 100% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $23K in 2024, the largest being $7,300 to JEMS - Jewish Education Matters. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The charity regularly convenes religious services. It provides religious educational and social services to men women and children of this congregation and to any people in need of assistance. It promotes education and cultural awareness to individuals and the community at large. Teaching classic and contemporary subjects from a hassidic viewpoint. The charity organizes events important for the observance and understanding of judaism and it annually hosts camp gan israel a summer religious and educational youth and children's camp.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.8M | $21K | $23K | -$1.2M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1M | $4,379 | $2,407 | -$1.3M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1M | $189K | $6,800 | -$1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $820K | $148K | $10K | -$870K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.9M | $1.4M | $74K | $64K | -$863K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $23K to 7 qualified donees:
Received $292K from 19 charities:
- ZLC Foundation$111K
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$31K
- The Dayhu Family Foundation$12K
- Marsid Family Foundation$10K
- The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation$8,500
- Lohn Foundation$6,000
- Marsid Family Foundation$4,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,653
- The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation$3,380
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$3,116
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,728
- Marsid Family Foundation$2,500
- My Charity Fund$1,200
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$1,000
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$1,000
- The Chaim Zbar Foundation$1,000
- ZLC Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$464K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brent James (director); Allan Landa (director); Dovid Rosenfeld (director); Yitzchak Wineberg (director); Tammi Kerzner (director); Syd Belzberg (director); Arnold Silber (director); Steven Silber (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Central Organization for Jewish Education Lubavitch British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106887490RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.