Congregation House of Jacob
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 106967888RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,977,065) as filed with the CRA.
Congregation House of Jacob is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 30% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $318K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The congregation operates a synagogue which is a house of worship. It is open to all members of the Jewish community of Calgary. It also operates a private religous day school which offers religous and secular instruction to children in grades nursery through grade 8. It is an accredited private school under Alberta Education and the Government of Alberta and both have been operating coninuoulsy since 1978.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $2M | $844K | $48K | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $2M | $1.9M | $881K | $37K | — | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $695K | $22K | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $850K | $14K | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $762K | $22K | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $318K from 11 charities:
- Calgary Jewish Federation$124K
- The Prosser Charitable Foundation$115K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$36K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$16K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$9,199
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,665
- The Calgary Foundation$6,368
- Sam Ousher Switzer Charitable Foundation$1,800
- United Way of Calgary and Area$1,714
- CharityEx Foundation$753
- The Amayn Charitable Foundation$720
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Silver (director); Yannai Segal (president); Ben Zion Be'eri (vice president); Avygdor Moise (treasurer); Eliezer Segal (director); Ben Zalmanowitz (secretary); Melvin Ksienski (director); Eugene Ragolsky (director); Cheryl wILMS (director); Hanit Jacobs (director); May Ann Vee Aguinaldo (director); Joel Azziz-kahn (director); Lordena Della Vedova (director); Malka Deena Lewis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Congregation House of Jacob’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106967888RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.