Chevrah Mesamchei Lev
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 890241375RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,122,992) as filed with the CRA.
Chevrah Mesamchei Lev is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $637K.
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 89% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $689K in 2024, the largest being $178K to The Yad Ezer Fund. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $2.4M | $62K | $689K | $498K |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.7M | $2.1M | $38K | $606K | $298K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.5M | $2.1M | $67K | $362K | $430K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | $237K | $821K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | $699K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $689K to 22 qualified donees:
- The Yad Ezer Fund$178K
- Satmar Van Horne Jewish Education Centre$100K
- Yetev-Lev Free Loan and Aid Society$90K
- Keren Hakehilah$67K
- Ohel Torah Congregation$57K
- Congregation Atereth Zekainim$56K
- Reb Mayer Baal Hanes - Chibas Jerusalem$28K
- Académie Yeshiva Toras Moshe de Montréal$26K
- Montréal Le soulagement Ressources Relief Ressources Montréal$18K
- Congregation Sheves Achim$17K
- Canadian Friends of Keren Hatzoloh$13K
- Fonds Immobilier Satmar/Satmar Building Fund$11K
- Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar$6,773
- Congrégation et Yechiva Zera Kodesh$5,000
- Canadian Friends of Kiryas Joel Monroe$4,668
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$2,500
- Ezras Menachem Avrohom Loan Fund$2,100
- Institut Kollel Noam Eliezer$2,000
- Congregation Atereth Zekainim$2,000
- First Mesifta Hutchison Branch$1,600
- Rabbinical College Mesifta Yoel Moshe of Canada$1,465
- Maison Tzirel / Bais Tzirel$370
Received $637K from 33 charities:
- Maharam Tav Fund$189K
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$78K
- Montréal Le soulagement Ressources Relief Ressources Montréal$50K
- Congrégation Good Heart: Congrégation Yetev Lav$45K
- Congregation Atereth Zekainim$45K
- Sabel Family Foundation$41K
- Mifalei Chaim Bechesed (MCB)$29K
- Matan Bsayser Foundation$25K
- Canadian Friends of Yetev Lev$20K
- Puits de nos vies / Mekor Chayeiny$15K
- Keren Hakehilah$15K
- Ezras Menachem Avrohom Loan Fund$15K
- Eizer Meshilem Feish Association / Association Eizer Meshilem Feish$10K
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$8,814
- D E Foundation$8,100
- The Leo & Bina Kohn Foundation Inc./fondation Leo & Bina Kohn Inc.$7,600
- Beth Esther Academy Inc.$7,000
- Congregation Sheves Achim$6,000
- CDRB / Kehal Machzikei Hadas Belz / KMHB$5,000
- Congregation Sheves Achim$5,000
- Fondation EBS/EBS Foundation$2,500
- Faire Revivre / Lhachyois$1,715
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1,500
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$1,320
- Centre Communautaire E.n.m.b$1,300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Benjamin Ekstein (vice-president); Hershel Fleishman (president); Moshe Sofer (secretary-treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chevrah Mesamchei Lev’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890241375RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.