Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 896356771RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,483,791) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.7M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $429K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 165 qualified donees totalling $1.9M in 2024, the largest being $512K to Calgary Jewish Federation.
In its own words
Jcfc allocates funds provided by donors to further the religious and educatinal need of the calgary jewish community the calgary community at large and canadian jewry. Its programs promote the foundation to potential donors and distributes funds in keeping with the wishes of the donors.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $2.5M | $2.1M | $16K | $2.1M | $11.4M |
| 2023 | $4.6M | $1.3M | $872K | — | $1.1M | $9.6M |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | $1.5M | $8.6M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $1.5M | $714K | — | $925K | $8.5M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $1M | $376K | — | $584K | $7.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.9M to 165 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Calgary Jewish Federation$512K
- National Music Centre$166K
- Calgary Beth Tzedec Congregation Society$118K
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$105K
- Central Organization for Jewish Education Lubavitch Alberta$69K
- Jewish Family Services (calgary)$62K
- Calgary Opera Association$61K
- The Calgary Jewish Academy$59K
- Edmonton Hebrew Association-Congregation Beth Israel$56K
- Amnon Weinstein$48K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$48K
- Calgary Jewish Community Campus Corporation$36K
- Congregation House of Jacob$36K
- Calgary Philharmonic Society$32K
- Maccabi Canada$30K
- Birthright Israel Foundation of Canada$30K
- Jewish National Fund$28K
- Ne'eman Foundation Canada$20K
- Beit Halochem Canada /aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel (canada)$20K
- Hadassah-Wizo Organization Of Canada$17K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$17K
- The Calgary Foundation$16K
- Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta$16K
- Congregation House of Jacob$16K
- Camp B'Nai B'Rith Society$15K
Received $429K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$86K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896356771RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.