Congregation Machzikei Hadas
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 106967730RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,480,668) as filed with the CRA.
Congregation Machzikei Hadas is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $173K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Machizikei hadas is a modern orthodox shul with the primary purpose to provide religious services to adherents of teh jewish faith. Additionally it offers many youth and family programs shabbat dinners holiday events jewish learning opportunities (youth seniors educational and public awareness programs) and social action intiatives.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $40K | — | $642K |
| 2023 | $963K | $1.3M | $993K | $16K | $720 | $798K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $2M | $590K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $951K | $878K | $558K | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $173K from 17 charities:
- The Stephen and Jocelyne Greenberg Family Foundation$71K
- The Clematis Foundation$25K
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$14K
- Jewish Federation of Ottawa$13K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$7,900
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$5,000
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$5,000
- B'Nai Brith National Organization of Canada$5,000
- The Shabinsky Family Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$4,000
- The B&C Zy Gezunt Charitable Foundation$4,000
- The Tauba and Solomon Spiro Family Foundation$3,600
- Steven and Linda Kerzner Family Foundation$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,442
- Canadahelps Canadon$545
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$190
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$567K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ben Beril (treasurer); Justin Levine (director); Stanley Levine (director); Samantha Sigler (director); William Simmons (director); Alex Wilner (director); Mike Spivock (director); Jacob Benzaquen (director); Elyssa Greenberg (director); Jonathan Mitchell (director); Joshua Ginsberg (director); Sid Milech (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Congregation Machzikei Hadas’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106967730RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.