Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 856565536RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,097,068) as filed with the CRA.
Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $8.1M in revenue and $7.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 35% from other charities. In 2024, 118 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.8M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $23K in 2024, the largest being $23K to Child Lifeline Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.4M in 2020 to $8.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Chai Lifeline provides case management financial assistance tutoring big brothers/sisters family events summer camps trips to Disney World after school programs and other programs to children/families suffering from serious pediatric illness.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.1M | $7.1M | $5.7M | $741K | $23K | $7.4M |
| 2023 | $6M | $5.6M | $4.5M | $501K | — | $6.3M |
| 2022 | $6.2M | $5M | $4M | $494K | — | $5.9M |
| 2021 | $5.2M | $3.7M | $2.9M | $336K | — | $4.8M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $2.8M | $2.2M | $211K | — | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $23K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2.8M from 118 charities:
- Miriam And Larry Robbins Foundation$427K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$415K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$275K
- The DR. Wolf Lebovic Charitable Foundation$125K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$125K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$100K
- New Century Charitable Foundation$100K
- The Burning Bush Foundation$100K
- CARE for Kids (toronto)$75K
- Silver Family Charitable Foundation$60K
- The Schroeder Foundation$60K
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$56K
- The Gerda Frieberg Charitable Foundation$52K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$39K
- The Emmet Foundation$36K
- The Goldberg Family Foundation$36K
- My Charity Fund$35K
- Canada Gives$30K
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$29K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$26K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Almond Tree Foundation$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Irwin Diamond (secretary); Gerald Greenberg (vice-president); David Diamond (treasurer); Mordechai Rothman (board member); Rachel Hauer (board member); Yisroel Schachter (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856565536RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.