Congregation Etz Chayim
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 107915191RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,890,922) as filed with the CRA.
Congregation Etz Chayim is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $6M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $492K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Congergation etz chayim offers the following programs to its members: -a place of worship with ritual services conducted; -conversion and educational classes; -pastoral care and counselling; -catering services for bar/bat mitzvahs funerals weddings kiddush and other occasions; -funeral services and burial plots and/or arrangements
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $2.9M | $1.9M | $253K | — | $12.9M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $1.5M | $116K | — | $11.2M |
| 2022 | $7.3M | $2.2M | $1.5M | — | — | $11.6M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.5M | — | — | $6.4M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $2.3M | $1.5M | $2,868 | — | $5.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $492K from 13 charities:
- Celebrating Our Differences Foundation Inc.$276K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$155K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$21K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$16K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$9,560
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$6,727
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,270
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$1,930
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$525
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$416
- ZLC Foundation$200
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$36
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Binder (treasurer); Avrom Charach (past president); Sima Feuer (director); Gail Hechter (cemetery chair); Brenda Keller (director); Sabrina Bokser (president); Sharon Goldenberg (director); Ronald Reider (director); Allan Cogan (vice president); Evan Roitenberg (director); Brenlee Schacter (director); Shane Solomon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Congregation Etz Chayim’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107915191RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.