Ezer Lanefesh Foundation / E.L.F.
Private foundation · Boisbriand, Quebec · BN 783246804RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,432,137) as filed with the CRA.
Ezer Lanefesh Foundation / E.L.F. is a private foundation based in Boisbriand, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $450K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $419K in 2024, the largest being $200K to B'NAI LEVY Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $659K in 2022 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Relief of poverty through tangible disbursements and providing food and shelter to the needy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $1.1M | $9,947 | $1.3M | $77K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $818K | — | $828K | $153K |
| 2022 | $659K | $624K | $623K | — | — | $35K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $419K to 14 qualified donees:
- B'NAI LEVY Foundation$200K
- Eizer Meshilem Feish Association / Association Eizer Meshilem Feish$113K
- Maison Tzirel / Bais Tzirel$39K
- Reb Mayer Baal Hanes - Chibas Jerusalem$15K
- Centre Communautaire Bnois Yisroel$10K
- Rabbinical College of Canada$9,000
- Institution Viznitz / Viznitz Institution$8,065
- Canadian Friends of Yetev Lev$7,500
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$6,700
- Zurach Bachoshech$5,000
- Chabad of Centrepointe$2,500
- Congrégation Sepharade Beth Hillel Tiferet David$1,500
- Moral Arc Foundation$1,180
- Chevrah Mesamchei Lev$975
Received $450K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alzer Klein (président); Rachel Leifer (administrateur); Yoel Stern (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ezer Lanefesh Foundation / E.L.F.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 783246804RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.