Holy Blossom Temple
Charitable organization · York, Ontario · BN 889832101RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($8,335,758) as filed with the CRA.
Holy Blossom Temple is a charitable organization based in York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $8.4M in revenue and $8.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 8% from government, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.5M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $68K in 2024, the largest being $18K to Union for Reform Judaism Camp George. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Operates a synagogue that provides religious and community services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.4M | $8.3M | $7.2M | $351K | $67K | $303K |
| 2023 | $8.1M | $8M | $7M | $286K | $107K | $655K |
| 2022 | $7.2M | $7.4M | $6.2M | $180K | $112K | $508K |
| 2021 | $9M | $6.9M | $5.5M | $188K | $8,507 | -$171K |
| 2020 | $8.6M | $8.4M | $6.3M | $78K | $85K | $437K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $68K to 14 qualified donees:
- Union for Reform Judaism Camp George$18K
- Canadian Friends of the World Union for Progressive Judaism Amis Can de Lunion Mond Judai$12K
- ARZA Canada$12K
- The Leo Baeck Day School$10K
- Ve'Ahavta$10K
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,708
- Jias (jewish Immigrant Aid Services) Toronto$1,200
- Canadian Friends of Shalom Torah Center$750
- Canadian Friends of the World Union for Progressive Judaism Amis Can de Lunion Mond Judai$360
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$180
- Daily Bread Food Bank$108
- The Kensington Health Foundation$100
- Centre for ADD/ADHD Awareness Canada$36
Received $4.5M from 25 charities:
- The Holy Blossom Temple Foundation$3.4M
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$401K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$276K
- The Philip Smith Foundation$102K
- The Blidner Family Foundation$100K
- The DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto$93K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$31K
- Bertrand Gerstein Family Foundation$31K
- The Rotman Family Foundation$20K
- Patricia and David Rubin Family Trust$17K
- The Rotman Family Foundation$16K
- The Rotman Family Foundation$9,000
- Out of the Cold Foundation$8,600
- Conam Charitable Foundation$7,970
- Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation$7,585
- Aqueduct Foundation$6,940
- The Sarah And David Kaufman Family Foundation$6,850
- Tikkun 18 Foundation$4,850
- BenefAction Foundation$4,330
- The Leonard Simpson Family Foundation$4,080
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,080
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,768
- Toronto Foundation$3,500
- Lachan Toronto Jewish Chamber Choir$1,414
- Canadahelps Canadon$379
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over2 positions
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$3.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Avra Rosen (past president); Rick Howard (director); Ellen Cole (vp membership); Daniel Wilson (director); Phyllis Denaburg (president); Diana Solomon (vp education); Eric Klein (vp finance); Eric Roher (senior vp); Richard Toker (vp administration); Aviv Haras (director); Caroline Ingvaldsen (director & sisterhood repre.); Wendy Melvin (director); Jeffery Myers (director); Sharon Neiss-Arbess (director); Megan Stephens (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Holy Blossom Temple’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889832101RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.