Congregation MBG
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 748507886RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,662,288) as filed with the CRA.
Congregation MBG is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $17.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.2M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $725K to Rifkind Family Charitable Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
A. To advance religious observance amongst jews in ontario including but not limited to the jewish sabbath ritual purity dietary laws religious study and prayer with a quorum. B. To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to charitable organizations that are also registered charities under the income tax act (canada).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17.7M | $1.7M | $231K | — | $1.2M | $16M |
| 2023 | $4,177 | $3,966 | $4,000 | — | $4,000 | $211 |
| 2022 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2021 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 9 qualified donees:
Received $7.2M from 27 charities:
- The Burning Bush Foundation$3.9M
- The Burning Bush Foundation$3.1M
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$30K
- The Meyer and Idelle Weinstock Charitable Foundation$25K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Koenig Family Foundation$20K
- The Rothschild Charitable Foundation$20K
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$20K
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$18K
- My Charity Fund$15K
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Daniel and Vera Rubinstein Charitable Foundation$10K
- The S. Sigler Family Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Nathan & Shani Bleeman Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$5,000
- The M & J Charitable Trust$5,000
- The Gross Family Foundation$5,000
- The Altree Charitable Trust$5,000
- Prime Quadrant Foundation$5,000
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$5,000
- The Thomas Hofstedter Family Foundation$3,600
- The Marder Family Foundation$3,000
- Rachel Bitton Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Moral Arc Foundation$1,935
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$1,800
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$163K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Davidzon (vice-president); Robert Weiss (treasurer); Hillel D Rapp (secretary); Elias Levy (director); Naftali Sturm (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Congregation MBG’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 748507886RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.