Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 890666761RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,467,031) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $7.9M in revenue and $7.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from donations, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 105 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.2M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $4,091 to York Region District School Board. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
Educates the public regarding the history of the holocaust researches nazi war criminals and designs/implements public education programs regarding anti- semitism and effects and repercussions of the holocaust. Is collaborating on the construction in israel of a public museum regarding anti- semitism/tolerance part which will belong to charity for exhibit/ programme purposes. Participates in producing films to advance research/education regarding matters directly connected with repercussions of the holocaust.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.9M | $7.5M | $4.4M | $2M | $24K | $11.6M |
| 2023 | $5.4M | $6.1M | $3.5M | $2.2M | $13K | $12.1M |
| 2022 | $6.4M | $5.1M | $3.5M | $1.3M | $33K | $12.8M |
| 2021 | $5.2M | $5.1M | $3.3M | $990K | $15K | $11.5M |
| 2020 | $8.3M | $6.1M | $4.2M | $1.6M | $26K | $11.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $3.2M from 105 charities:
- The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation$750K
- Canada Gives$502K
- Diamond Foundation$230K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$127K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$100K
- New Century Charitable Foundation$100K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$70K
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$50K
- The Eddie and Marilyn Weisz Family Foundation$50K
- Honey & Barry Sherman Legacy Foundation$50K
- Klass Foundation$50K
- The Arthur and Margaret Weisz Family Foundation$50K
- The Jeremy & Judith Freedman Family Foundation$44K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$41K
- Moses & Temara Tobe Foundation Inc.$36K
- The P.austin Family Foundation$36K
- Albert and Temmy Latner Family Foundation$36K
- The Lisa and Allan Brown Family Foundation$35K
- Sacks Family Foundation$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- The Koffler Foundation$30K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$28K
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$27K
- De Fehr Foundation Inc.$25K
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
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$2.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Baruch (director); Lawrence Bloomberg (director); Michael Bregman (director); Paul Bronfman (director); David Cynamon (director); Gordon Diamond (treasurer); Joel Feldberg (director); Jeremy Freedman (director); Ron Frisch (director); Marvin Hier (director); Meyer May (director); Sam Mizrahi (director); Philip Reichmann (director); Jill Reitman (director); Gloria Salomon (director); Molly Shoichet (director); Fred Waks (chairman); Eddie Weisz (director); Eric Weisz (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890666761RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.