Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 118974179RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($227,542,851) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $431.8M in revenue and $227.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 48 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $72.3M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1,264 qualified donees totalling $195.2M in 2024, the largest being $32.8M to Federation Cja. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $152M in 2020 to $431.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 26 names.
In its own words
Grants made to charitable organizations and for charitable programs providing support to low income families/individuals education health research for public good& social services cultural activities religious activities humanitarian crisis environmental
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $431.8M | $227.5M | $3.5M | $501K | $217.1M | $1.9B |
| 2023 | $247.3M | $202.1M | $18.1M | $395K | $171.2M | $1.7B |
| 2022 | $428.9M | $147.6M | $9.2M | $267K | $127.1M | $1.7B |
| 2021 | $219.5M | $143.5M | $4.5M | $283K | $128.8M | $1.4B |
| 2020 | $152M | $122.2M | $14.6M | $469K | $99.1M | $1.3B |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $195.2M to 1,264 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Federation Cja$32.8M
- Canadian Associates of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev Inc.$21.3M
- Les Amis Canadiens de l'Université de Tel Aviv Inc. CanadianFriends of Tel Aviv University Inc.$19.2M
- Montreal Holocaust Museum$17.6M
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation$10.1M
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$3.5M
- Segal Centre For Performing Arts$2.2M
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$2.1M
- Fondation Canadienne de l'Insead/canadian Insead Foundation$2.1M
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$2.1M
- Jewish National Fund of Canada Inc.$2.1M
- The Montreal General Hospital Foundation$2M
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$1.9M
- Chabad Hope Center / Centre de l'espoir Chabad$1.8M
- Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill McGill University Health Centre Foundation$1.6M
- Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute Foundation$1.5M
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$1.5M
- Fondation des Gens des Cantons de l'Est pour la Recherche et la Culture/townshippers Research and Cultural Foundation$1.5M
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$1.5M
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$1.3M
- Canadian Friends of Mishon La'Choleh$1.3M
- Camp Bnai Brith Inc.$1.3M
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim$1.2M
- Jewish Eldercare (Montreal CHSLD) Foundation$1.2M
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$1.1M
Received $72.3M from 48 charities:
- Charlotte and Leo Karassik Foundation$21.3M
- Adams Family Trust Foundation$17.7M
- Federation Cja$9.6M
- The Azrieli Foundation$6.8M
- The Maurice Pollack Foundation$4.6M
- La Fondation des Talmud Torahs Unis de Montreal Inc$2.5M
- WCPD Foundation$2.3M
- Somers Family Foundation$1.7M
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$1.4M
- Conam Charitable Foundation$1.3M
- The Mel Hoppenheim Family Foundation/La fondation familiale Mel Hoppenheim$484K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$362K
- Fondation Familiale Gewurz/Gewurz Family Fondation$342K
- Rosenberg Family Foundation$300K
- Orchestre Classique de Montréal$250K
- Mifal Hashas Foundation Inc.$218K
- Communauté Sepharade Unifiée du Québec$193K
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$171K
- The Aune Foundation$100K
- Fischman Family Foundation$100K
- Institut CBM$73K
- The Mireille and Murray Steinberg Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille Mireille et Muuray Steinberg$65K
- The CRB Foundation/La fondation CRB$60K
- The Bensadoun Family Foundation La fondation de la famille Bensadoun$50K
- The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation$50K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sylvie Amar (director); David Amiel (secretary); Stephen Bronfman (director); Mark Edery (director); Chiara Fish (director); Hillel Greenbaum (director); Lindsay Hollinger (director); Miriam Roland (director); Michael Rosenberg (director); Joel Segal (director); Yossi Suissa (director); Alon Wexler (director); Francine Wiseman (immediate past board chair); Anne-Marie Boucher (board chair); Daniel Assouline (vice-chair); David Martz (treasurer); Elisa Dahan (director); Nathalie Elharrar-Noik (director); Mayer Gniwisch (director); Kathy Assayag (president and ceo); Joelle Mamane (cfo); Heidi Minkoff (controller); Raquel Castiel (director); Stephanie Gutnik (director); Albert Sayegh (director); Marjorie Skolnik (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118974179RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.