Chabad Chai Center / Centre Chabad Chai
Charitable organization · Montréal, Quebec · BN 827920943RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,120,735) as filed with the CRA.
Chabad Chai Center / Centre Chabad Chai is a charitable organization based in Montréal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $323K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $149K in 2024, the largest being $48K to VMM. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Gestion de synagogues banques alimentaires permanentes et pour les fetes juives aide necessiteux
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.2M | — | $149K | $931K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.4M | — | — | $877K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | $105K | $783K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $971K | — | $120K | $722K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $947K | $1,967 | $45K | $537K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $149K to 18 qualified donees:
- VMM$48K
- L'Académie Beth Rivkah pour filles$25K
- Chabad Hope Center / Centre de l'espoir Chabad$17K
- Chabad-Lubavitch of Ottawa$12K
- Jewish Niagara$9,000
- Rabbinical College of Canada$7,012
- Mesivta Lubavitch Toronto$5,432
- The Gustav Levinschi Foundation/la Fondation Gustav Levinschi$5,400
- Mesivta Thornhill$5,000
- Chabad-Lubavitch of Ottawa$4,576
- MADA Community Center Inc. - Centre communautaire MADA inc.$4,200
- Camp jardin d'Hannah (Pardas Chanah)/ Garden Of Hannah Camp (Pardas Chanah)$1,450
- Congregation d'Anash Kollel Lubavitch$1,396
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$1,080
- Congregation of the Followers of the Rabbi of Lubavitch$830
- Centre Chabad De Ville Mont Royal / Chabad Centre of The Town of Mount Royal$688
- Oneg Shabbos Congregation$500
- Congregation de l'Aide Fraternelle Ezras Achim$300
Received $323K from 25 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$90K
- Chabad Hope Center / Centre de l'espoir Chabad$72K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$46K
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$21K
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$19K
- Nachlas Educational Centre$12K
- Mesivta Kerem Menachem Schoo l$12K
- Congregation de l'Aide Fraternelle Ezras Achim$8,768
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$6,790
- Congregation Bais Menachem Chabad-Lubavitch$5,800
- Congrégation Beth Chabad C.S.L.$5,725
- Communauté Chabad Montréal Ouest$5,338
- Chabad Lubavitch of Richmond Hill$3,600
- Rohr Chabad NDG$3,100
- CharityEx Foundation$3,007
- Ben Weider Educational Centre - Chabad Seminary$2,500
- Congregation of the Followers of the Rabbi of Lubavitch$2,245
- Centre Chabad De Ville Mont Royal / Chabad Centre of The Town of Mount Royal$1,770
- Kollel Menachem$770
- Congrégation Nusach Hoari$500
- Camp jardin d'Hannah (Pardas Chanah)/ Garden Of Hannah Camp (Pardas Chanah)$400
- Ben Weider Educational Centre - Chabad Seminary$360
- The Irving Ludmer Foundation$180
- Canadahelps Canadon$100
- Ezrat Israel Charitable Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$358K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Naftali Perlstein (persident); Berech Mockin (vice president); Yossi Kessler (secretary treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chabad Chai Center / Centre Chabad Chai’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 827920943RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.