Chabad of Richmond
Charitable organization · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 844238725RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($787,701) as filed with the CRA.
Chabad of Richmond is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $826K in revenue and $788K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from donations, 5% from government, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $195K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $5,627 in 2024, the largest being $3,417 to United Hatzalah Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $532K in 2020 to $826K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The society provides religious and educational programs of the jewish community of richmond bc
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $826K | $788K | $707K | $6,347 | $5,627 | $551K |
| 2023 | $729K | $784K | $716K | $14K | $10K | $513K |
| 2022 | $886K | $764K | $672K | — | — | $568K |
| 2021 | $569K | $557K | $490K | — | — | $446K |
| 2020 | $532K | $509K | $430K | — | — | $434K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,627 to 3 qualified donees:
Received $195K from 18 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$78K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$31K
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$20K
- ZLC Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Keil Family Trust$10K
- Kahn Foundation$10K
- Richmond Community Foundation$7,500
- Lohn Foundation$3,500
- Betty Averbach Foundation$2,935
- Amazing Agape Christian Church$2,700
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$1,000
- UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation$500
- Marsid Family Foundation$500
- Canada Gives$500
- The Hanson Foundation$360
- Maharam Tav Fund$360
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$371K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ed Lewin (president); Phil Levinson (vice president); Shaun Samuel (treasurer); Jeff Wachtel (2nd vice president secretary); Sheldon Kuchinsky (member at large); Gayle Morris (member at large); Raphael Arazi (member at large); Sigal Mathews (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chabad of Richmond’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 844238725RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.