Chabad of Downtown Vancouver
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 896577392RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($133,670) as filed with the CRA.
Chabad of Downtown Vancouver 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $140K in revenue and $134K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $36K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Fostering and conducting religious jewish educating in bc
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $140K | $134K | $127K | — | — | $3,593 |
| 2023 | $108K | $118K | $118K | — | — | $7,038 |
| 2022 | $123K | $135K | $135K | — | — | $35K |
| 2021 | $130K | $122K | $122K | — | — | $28K |
| 2020 | $137K | $124K | $124K | — | — | $21K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $36K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$100K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Benjamin Bitton (rabbi); Malka Bitton (director); Meir Kaplan (director); Yechiel Baitelman (director); Ruth Erlichman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chabad of Downtown Vancouver’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896577392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.