Jerusalem U
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 835766239RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($17) as filed with the CRA.
Jerusalem U is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $29K in revenue and $17 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To educate high school & college student young adults and other interested in learning about the history and relevance of judaism the significance of israel in the jewish religion and other jewish religious and cultural elements including through the use of media and the internet by building educational internet sites facilitating production of short and full feature films and development of other programs and media.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29K | $17 | — | — | — | $29K |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stewart Lesser (president); Michael Shafron (vice-president); Robert Shore (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jerusalem U’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835766239RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.