Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto
Charitable organization · Willowdale, Ontario · BN 118974229RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($25,625,838) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto is a charitable organization based in Willowdale, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $25.5M in revenue and $25.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from government, 47% from other charities. In 2024, 44 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.6M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 128 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
Ndividual family and group counselling; child welfare services; financial assistance and rehabilitation programs; jewish family life education; leadership fund and fundraising events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25.5M | $25.6M | $21.5M | $547K | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $24.5M | $24M | $20.3M | $378K | — | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $24.9M | $24.8M | $19.6M | $441K | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $23.8M | $23.5M | $20.3M | $440K | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $23.2M | $23.1M | $19.9M | $431K | — | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5.6M from 44 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1.5M
- The Jewish Family and Child Foundation$1.5M
- The Azrieli Foundation$910K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$759K
- Ellen and Martin Prosserman Foundation Inc /fondation Ellen et Martin Prosserman Inc$200K
- New Century Charitable Foundation$150K
- The Kavelman-Fonn Foundation$101K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$100K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$52K
- Aubrey & Marla Dan Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Famglas Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$15K
- The Jay and Barbara Hennick Family Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$9,500
- Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation$5,690
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$5,333
- The Ari and Pearl Litwin Foundation$5,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$5,000
- Mel & Pamela Himel Family Foundation$4,600
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,850
- BenefAction Foundation$2,924
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions128
- Total compensation, all staff$16M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carly Bardikoff (director); Ariella Baron (director); Talyah Breslin (ceo); Lindsay Detsky (director); Barry Eisen (director); Jeff Goldfarb (director); Helen Goldlist (director-president); Sharon List (director-past president); Michael Minden (director); Micki Mizrahi (director); Elliot Peranson (director); Harold Rosenfeld (director); Talia Rubin (director); Jonathan Seliger (director); Mark Shiner (director); Martine Taylor (director); Stephen Adler (director); Deborah Jacobs (director); Sheila Neuburger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118974229RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.