Congregation Agudas Israel
Charitable organization · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 106967169RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($748,320) as filed with the CRA.
Congregation Agudas Israel is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $672K in revenue and $748K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,208.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $91K in 2024, the largest being $51K to The Jerusalem Foundation of Canada Inc. la Fondation Jerusalem du Canada Inc.. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $672K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Hold worship services hold additional services for festivals and holy days hold hebrew classes for members and non-members hold adult education classes provide tours and lectures for non-jewish children and adults
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $672K | $748K | $366K | $106K | $98K | $6.5M |
| 2023 | $753K | $743K | $384K | $99K | $55K | $6.4M |
| 2022 | $31K | $719K | $307K | $125K | $26K | $7.2M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $439K | $241K | $10K | — | $7.3M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $472K | $258K | $1,366 | — | $6.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $91K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $1,208 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$312K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jan Gitlin (trustee); Nicky Gitlin (trustee); Simonne Horwitz (trustee); Zoe Litman (trustee); Grant Scharfstein (trustee); Marsha Scharfstein (treasurer); Michael Scharfstein (secretary); Seth Shacter (trustee); Kevin Sharfe (president); Harold Shiffman (past president/trustee); Steven Simpson (trustee); Robert Englebert (trustee); Malvina Rapko (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Congregation Agudas Israel’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106967169RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.