Congrégation Shaare Zion Beth-El Shaare Zion Beth-El Congr egation
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 107972309RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,447,988) as filed with the CRA.
Congrégation Shaare Zion Beth-El Shaare Zion Beth-El Congr egation is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $296K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 27 names.
In its own words
Provides a place for daily worship services. Maintain a synagogue for divine worship and religious observance according to conservative judaism. Foster religious educational cultural social and recreational activities for the jewish community. Maintain a cemetery.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $2.4M | $2M | $30K | — | $13.3M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.6M | $1.9M | $43K | — | $12.5M |
| 2022 | -$56K | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $12.2M |
| 2021 | $3M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $36K | — | $7M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $2.2M | $1.7M | $35K | $4,000 | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $296K from 9 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$169K
- Federation Cja$98K
- The Mireille and Murray Steinberg Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille Mireille et Muuray Steinberg$15K
- Marvin & Rhoda Rosenbloom Family Foundation$6,183
- The Rachel and Jason Schwartz Family Foundation$2,528
- Judith and John Lechter Foundation$1,791
- Keren One$1,350
- Conam Charitable Foundation$1,000
- The Leboff Family Charitable Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Suzanne Grant (immediate past-presidents); Maxine Bercovici (immediate past-presidents); Gilla Geiger (co-presidents); Susan Abramowitz (co-presidents); Robert Joseph (first vice-president); Wendy Rapps (vice-president); Howard Schwartz (vice-president); Linda Shohet (vice-president); Peter Yaffe (parnas); Neil Bernstein (associate parnasim); Sergio Moskovitz (associate parnasim); Kenneth Adessky (secretary); Jack Wiltzer (treasurer); Ryan Sanft (member-at-large); Mitchell Steinberg (member-at-large); Andrew Toeman (member-at-large); Melanie Atcovitch (board of directors); Rosalyn Hailpern (board of directors); Mark Rabinoyitch (board of directors); Jimmy April (board of directors); Melanie Kasner (board of directors); Martin Scheim (board of directors); Jonathan Auerbach (board of directors); James McDonald (board of directors); Robert Steinman (board of directors); Francois Bugingo (board of directors); Arthur Nussbaum (board of directors).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Congrégation Shaare Zion Beth-El Shaare Zion Beth-El Congr egation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107972309RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.