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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$1,168,640
- Other gifts$704,273
- From other charities$463,627
- Investment income$19,413
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.