Federation Cja
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 106702251RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($95,609,119) as filed with the CRA.
Federation Cja is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $93.9M in revenue and $95.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 50% from other charities. In 2024, 91 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40.9M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 129 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 107 qualified donees totalling $66.3M in 2024, the largest being $28.5M to United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $50.3M in 2020 to $93.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 21 names.
In its own words
Federation cja leads in promoting a vibrant inclusive and thriving montreal jewish community. Our mission is to preserve and strengthen the quality of jewish life and engagement in montreal israel and the world. Fcja is commited to securing and mobilizing human and financial resources promoting jewish values and exercising leadership in service of our mission and as an investment in our future. Fcja upholds the fundamental values of accountability transparence and accessibility ever aspiring for greater inclusivity innovation and excellence.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $93.9M | $95.6M | $18.2M | $4.8M | $66.3M | $94.9M |
| 2023 | $60.9M | $62.1M | $11.3M | $4.3M | $41.3M | $96.7M |
| 2022 | $105.9M | $98.7M | $14M | $3.6M | $76.8M | $97.8M |
| 2021 | $117M | $101M | $13.1M | $3.6M | $79.3M | $90.6M |
| 2020 | $50.3M | $55M | $12.2M | $4.6M | $32.8M | $74.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $66.3M to 107 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$28.5M
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$9.6M
- Agence Ometz$4.7M
- Centre Juif Cummings pour Ainés/ Cummings Jewish Centre For Seniors$4M
- Communauté Sepharade Unifiée du Québec$1.6M
- L'Association Hebraique des Jeunes Hommes Jeunes Femmes de Montréal/The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Montreal$1.1M
- United Talmud Torahs of Montreal Incorporated$1.1M
- Montreal Holocaust Museum$993K
- Les écoles Juives populaires et les écoles Peretz inc./ Jewish People's Schools And Peretz Schools Inc.$898K
- Jewish Public Library$896K
- Academie Hebraique Inc./ Hebrew Academy Inc.$866K
- Camp Bnai Brith Inc.$822K
- Les Maisons Kehilla$801K
- Atelier Jem Inc./jem Workshop Inc.$719K
- École Maimonide$565K
- Montreal BB Residences Foundation$557K
- Segal Centre For Performing Arts$550K
- Akiva School$467K
- Solomon Schechter Academy$372K
- École de formation hébraique de la Congrégation Beth Tikvah/Hebrew Foundation School of Congregation Beth Tikvah$363K
- Yeshiva Gedolah l'Ecole d'Etudes Superieures de Montreal/yesshiva Gedolah the School of Higher Learning of Montreal$347K
- Académie Yéshiva Yavné$345K
- iTaLAM.org$339K
- Birthright Israel Foundation of Canada$328K
- Belz Community School$310K
Received $40.9M from 91 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$32.8M
- The Adams Family Foundation/La Fondation de la famille Adams$919K
- Gelmont Foundation/Fondation Gelmont$556K
- The Azrieli Foundation$553K
- The Amiel Foundation$501K
- The Mireille and Murray Steinberg Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille Mireille et Muuray Steinberg$496K
- The Michael and David Cape Foundation$465K
- The Bensadoun Family Foundation La fondation de la famille Bensadoun$375K
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$369K
- The Browns Shoes Charitable Foundation$330K
- The Robin and Evie Foundation/La Fondation Robin et Evie$280K
- The Sandra and Leo Kolber Foundation$263K
- The Charles Evelyne and Sandra Dolansky Foundation$185K
- The Browns Shoes Charitable Foundation$180K
- Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation$180K
- The Richter Charitable Foundation/la Fondation Charitable Richter$180K
- Leo and Shirley Goldfarb Foundation/fondation Leo and Shirley Goldfarb$150K
- The Irving Ludmer Foundation$150K
- The Norman Zavalkoff Family Foundation$140K
- The Mel Hoppenheim Family Foundation/La fondation familiale Mel Hoppenheim$100K
- Mitzi & Mel Dobrin Family Foundation/fondation Familiale Mitzi & Mel Dobrin$100K
- RBC Foundation$100K
- The Richter Charitable Foundation/la Fondation Charitable Richter$100K
- Marvin & Rhoda Rosenbloom Family Foundation$95K
- Nellie Philanthropy Foundation$92K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9993 positions
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions129
- Total compensation, all staff$11M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anne-Marie Boucher (jcf representative); Sandra Abitan (director at large); Michael Aronovici (director at large); Steeve Azoulay (nominated director); Ruth Bensimon Choueke (nominated director); Michael Dadoun (director at large); Shlomo Drazin (director at large); Patrick Essiminy (first vice chair); Leon Garfinkle (director at large); Daniel Liberman (director at large); Samantha Mintz Vineberg (director at large); Alissa Rappaport (director at large); Karyn Saragossi Lassner (director at large); Steve Sebag (board chair); Joel Segal (immediatepastboardchair); Jonathan Sigler (director at large); Karen Soussan (secretary); Adam Weinstock (nominated director); Jonathan Wener (chairfinancialresourcede); Marc Yedid (treasurer); Marnie Zigman Stern (direat large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Federation Cja’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106702251RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.