Congregation Schara Tzedeck
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118874221RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,758,926) as filed with the CRA.
Congregation Schara Tzedeck is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $672K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Operation of a synagogue as a place of worship and conduct of religious activities in accordance with the tenets of orthodox judaism and related social cultural and youth group activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.8M | $2.5M | $120K | — | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $110K | — | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $91K | — | $3M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.9M | $84K | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $71K | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $672K from 32 charities:
- Kahn Foundation$79K
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$72K
- B.C.Turf Foundation$67K
- Diamond Foundation$58K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$51K
- ZLC Foundation$49K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$42K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$36K
- Mel and Geri Davis Charitable Trust$32K
- Canada Gives$29K
- Belzberg Family Foundation$25K
- Lohn Foundation$25K
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$25K
- The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation$22K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$12K
- Vancouver Foundation$11K
- Marsid Family Foundation$5,000
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$3,600
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,167
- United Way British Columbia$3,000
- Marsid Family Foundation$2,734
- Marsid Family Foundation$2,734
- Gary Segal Family Foundation$2,734
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,516
- Marsid Family Foundation$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eitan Prisman (1st vice president); Tracy Ames (co-president); Gil Kimel (trustee); Jonathan Leipsic (co-president); Ilene-Jo Bellas (trustee); Shirley Hirsch (trustee); Ed Lewin (trustee); Jeffrey Blicker (trustee); Menachem Freedman (trustee); Jonathan Massel (treasurer); Jessica Mandelsohn (trustee); Ginaya Peters (2nd vice president); Earl Kreiger (trustee); Jessica Ketchum (secretary); Glenn Bullard (trustees); Jeffrey Levin (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Congregation Schara Tzedeck’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118874221RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.