Hillel BC Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118812221RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,424,317) as filed with the CRA.
Hillel BC Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 49% from other charities. In 2024, 34 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $691K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
During the fiscal period the charity provided education and social programming to young jewish adults in universities and colleges in british columbia.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $6,330 | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $5,043 | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $835K | $1.2M | $1.2M | $3,886 | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $883K | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1,759 | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $934K | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1,485 | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $691K from 34 charities:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$358K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$50K
- Oasis Foundation$50K
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$35K
- ZLC Foundation$25K
- The Dayhu Family Foundation$23K
- The Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island Society$20K
- The Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island Society$16K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Kahn Foundation$15K
- Zalkow Foundation$10K
- Betty Averbach Foundation$10K
- The Azrieli Foundation$10K
- Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation$8,500
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$8,280
- Vancouver Foundation$5,824
- B.C.Turf Foundation$5,000
- Lutsky Family Foundation$5,000
- R & J Stern Family Foundation$3,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,701
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$2,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,124
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$2,000
- Mel and Geri Davis Charitable Trust$1,800
- Canada Gives$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$643K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Andrew (treasurer); Gordon Brandt (vice-president); Frank Cohn; Harvey Field; Shannon Gorski; Sam Hyman (president); Jessica Lithwick (secretary); Talia Magder; Alexis Pavlich; Sandy Penn; Bruce Raber; Rebecca Recant; Rachael Segal; Alex Shifff; Ania Switzer.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hillel BC Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118812221RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.