Congregation Emanu-El
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 890020993RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,016,933) as filed with the CRA.
Congregation Emanu-El is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $346K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $6,480 to Burnside Gorge Community Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $727K in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Hebrew School for Children age 5 thru 13; Jewish Youth program for middle and high school students Avodah - social outreach program which financially supports families and children in need as well as birthday cakes once per month at Our Place raises funds for socks and sleeping bags Adult Education via lectures and Jewish studies Art Classes Pastoral Care Wedding Funerals Passover community dinner and Chanukkah celebration Friday night (Erev Shabbat) Kabbalah service for families once per month. Klezcadia a music festival for everyone but geared toward immune compromised individual…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $1M | $695K | $19K | $86K | $3.6M |
| 2023 | $963K | $974K | $727K | $21K | $17K | $2M |
| 2022 | $822K | $824K | $508K | $1,820 | $17K | $2M |
| 2021 | $1M | $785K | $354K | — | $16K | $2M |
| 2020 | $727K | $728K | $275K | $1,231 | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 5 qualified donees:
- Burnside Gorge Community Centre$6,480
- Quadra Village Community Centre$5,400
- 1up Victoria Single Parent Resource Centre Society$2,400
- Surronded by Cedar$750
- Beacon Community Services$500
Received $346K from 11 charities:
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$183K
- Oasis Foundation$55K
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.$50K
- The Victoria Foundation$39K
- Betty Averbach Foundation$6,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$5,180
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,906
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,498
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,000
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$512K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ilana Stanger-Ross (president); Lincoln Shlensky (vice-president); Gypsy Fisher (director); Avishai Gilad (director); ilan Handelsman (treasurer); Jenn Moss (director); Dahlia Beck (director); Andrew Gow (vice president); Murray Greiff (treasurer); Elisheva Gray (gabbai); Emmanuel Brunet Joilly (director); Solomon Michaels (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Congregation Emanu-El’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890020993RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.