Gruen Ohr Somayach congregation
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 878884667RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($165,432) as filed with the CRA.
Gruen Ohr Somayach congregation is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $164K in revenue and $165K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to Centre Communautaire Ahavas Chesed Inc / Ahavas Chesed Community Center Inc. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Provide course lectures and study groups in order to attract people to study about the jewish religion. Provide religious services to those people whose background in judaism is very minimal. Provide publications in english french and hebrew to those people who have little or no training in jewish heritage in order to explain all facets of the jewish religion. Engage teachers and personnel in order to carry out the above objectives. To operate a synagogue. To operate a torah library. To receive gifts and donations legacies and other like contributions in specie in the form of securi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $164K | $165K | $164K | — | $100 | $978K |
| 2023 | $149K | $172K | $165K | — | $300 | $980K |
| 2022 | $357K | $194K | $159K | — | $30K | $1M |
| 2021 | $155K | $126K | $119K | — | — | $841K |
| 2020 | $137K | $127K | $120K | — | $1,500 | $812K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $38K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$70K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lou Goldberger (director); Tovi Kulefsky (director); Isaac Hoch (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gruen Ohr Somayach congregation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 878884667RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.