Ecole Premiere Mesifta du Canada
Publicly funded institution · Mont-Royal, Quebec · BN 135880441RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,478,667) as filed with the CRA.
Ecole Premiere Mesifta du Canada is a charitable organization based in Mont-Royal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 48% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $444K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $5,465 in 2024, the largest being $4,000 to Menucha Vesimcha. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
1) operate a religious school 2) provide religious & secular education for elementary and secondary grades 3) operate a synagogue.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2M | $38K | $5,465 | $601K |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.3M | — | — | — | $533K |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $3,074 | — | $374K |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $2.1M | — | — | $184K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $696 | — | -$51K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,465 to 2 qualified donees:
- Menucha Vesimcha$4,000
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$1,465
Received $444K from 12 charities:
- The Shrage Zimmerman Memorial Fund$203K
- Zichron David and Pesie Grunberger Fund$50K
- Michael Rosenberg Charity Foundation$42K
- Zichron David and Pesie Grunberger Fund$41K
- The Shrage Zimmerman Memorial Fund$41K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$33K
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$19K
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$10K
- L'École Beth Tziporah$2,880
- Beth Hamedrash l'Horaah$1,300
- Zichron David and Pesie Grunberger Fund$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$360
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joseph Abramczyk (trésorier); Charles Buchinger (exec director); Yehuda Grunwald (membre); Yaacov Arle Sebbag (membre); Leon Steinberg (secrétaire); Robert Zimmerman (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ecole Premiere Mesifta du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135880441RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.