Chabad Lubavitch of the Waterloo Region
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 808734651RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($766,263) as filed with the CRA.
Chabad Lubavitch of the Waterloo Region is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $888K in revenue and $766K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations, 8% from government, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $276K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $66K in 2024, the largest being $45K to Mesivta Lubavitch Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $439K in 2020 to $888K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Celebrating of the sabbath and jewish holidays pastoral duties counselling and running a kosher food bank.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $888K | $766K | $625K | — | $92K | $335K |
| 2023 | $694K | $784K | $639K | — | $98K | $147K |
| 2022 | $531K | $637K | $514K | — | — | $352K |
| 2021 | $550K | $453K | $273K | — | $77K | $459K |
| 2020 | $439K | $415K | $290K | — | $39K | $362K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $66K to 14 qualified donees:
- Mesivta Lubavitch Toronto$45K
- Bais Chaya Mushkah School for Girls$6,661
- Chabad Lubavitch of Southern Ontario$4,050
- Beth Jacob Congregation of Waterloo Region$2,098
- Chabad of Guelph$2,037
- Rohr Chabad NDG$1,800
- Jewish Niagara$1,500
- Jewish Youth Network$1,000
- Chabad of Etobicoke$1,000
- CAMP JARDIN (GAN) D'ISRAËL/Camp Jardin (GAN) of Israel$360
- Chabad at Western$300
- Bais Chomesh High School for Girls$186
- Chabad on the Avenue$100
- Jewish Russian Speaking Community of Toronto$79
Received $276K from 18 charities:
- Miriam And Larry Robbins Foundation$110K
- The Kavelman-Fonn Foundation$60K
- Chabad on Campus Canada$33K
- Moshe & Guta Szenicer Foundation$22K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$18K
- Aqueduct Foundation$9,000
- Chabad at Western$6,236
- Jewish Niagara$5,370
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,438
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,000
- The Leboff Family Charitable Foundation$1,800
- Chabad of Midtown$1,800
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,004
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$500
- Zeldie & Joe Lester Foundation Fondation Zeldie & Joe Lester$360
- Chabad of Guelph$150
- Association Chabad sur le Campus$100
- Canadahelps Canadon$41
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$141K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yehoshua Chanowitz (director); Monash Overlander (director); Moshe Goldman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chabad Lubavitch of the Waterloo Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 808734651RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.