Communauté Sepharade Unifiée du Québec
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 118869965RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,221,412) as filed with the CRA.
Communauté Sepharade Unifiée du Québec is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 9% from government, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.9M.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $300K in 2024, the largest being $193K to Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Préserver et promouvoir l'identité huive sépharade et représenter les intérêts de notre communauté
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $4.2M | $3.2M | — | $300K | $29K |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.6M | $3.1M | — | $154K | $30K |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $1.4M | — | $214K | $18K |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $1M | — | $81K | -$13K |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $1.8M | — | $51K | -$77K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $300K to 15 qualified donees:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$193K
- Centre chabad$22K
- Congrégation Beth Chabad C.S.L.$20K
- École Maimonide$18K
- Yeshiva Gedolah l'Ecole d'Etudes Superieures de Montreal/yesshiva Gedolah the School of Higher Learning of Montreal$10K
- Communauté Sepharade de Laval$6,125
- Programme Addiction Outreach$5,720
- Académie Yéshiva Yavné$5,410
- Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$5,250
- Canada Charity Partners$5,250
- Le Centre d'Accomplissement LANAAR$3,000
- Baron de Hirsch-Back River Cemeteries Inc.$2,500
- Community Holy Association Of United Jewish Congregations/ Communauté 'Sainte association' des congrégations juives unifiées$2,000
- The Tower of Light Children's Foundation Inc /la Fondation pour les Enfants Tour de Lumiere Inc.$1,125
- Beit Halochem Canada /aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel (canada)$100
Received $1.9M from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Aflalo (présidente); Yoan Amar (vice-président); Benjamin Bitton (directeur general); DR. Elie Haddad (vice-président); Jacques Saada (president-sortant); Nathalie Bertalmio (secrétaire); Marc Oliel (trésorier); Huguette Toby Ethadad (directrice administratio).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Communauté Sepharade Unifiée du Québec’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118869965RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.