Chevra Shas
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118851666RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($86,285) as filed with the CRA.
Chevra Shas is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $85K in revenue and $86K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $6,000 in 2024, the largest being $6,000 to Ner Israel-Joseph (j.t.) Tanenbaum Yeshivah College of Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $43K in 2020 to $85K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Operation of full time synagogue & religious study groups
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $85K | $86K | $70K | — | $6,000 | $117K |
| 2023 | $85K | $94K | $90K | — | — | $131K |
| 2022 | $40K | $52K | $50K | — | — | $139K |
| 2021 | $60K | $62K | $59K | — | — | $140K |
| 2020 | $43K | $45K | — | — | — | $143K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $34K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Harry Margulies (president); Maurice Rosenblum (vice-president); Gilbert Weinstock (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chevra Shas’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118851666RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.