Jewish Family Services Agency of Vancouver
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 107534794RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,137,488) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Family Services Agency of Vancouver is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $7.5M in revenue and $7.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 48 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8.6M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 39 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Jfsa is a social services organization that provides a continuum of services for individuals and families at all ages and stages of life. Our mission is to support the social physical and emotional well-being of the community we serve through our home support food security advocacy and case management wellness and counselling services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.5M | $7.1M | $4.7M | $444K | — | $9.8M |
| 2023 | $6.6M | $7.3M | $4.7M | $551K | — | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $7.2M | $6.7M | $4M | $507K | — | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $6.9M | $6.5M | $3M | $491K | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $6.1M | $6M | — | — | — | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8.6M from 48 charities:
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$5.1M
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$2.5M
- United Way British Columbia$182K
- The Azrieli Foundation$125K
- Vancouver Foundation$94K
- Lutsky Family Foundation$87K
- Phyliss and Irving Snider Foundation$60K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$48K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$42K
- ZLC Foundation$38K
- The Dayhu Family Foundation$37K
- Food Banks British Columbia$30K
- The 1988 Foundation$30K
- B.C.Turf Foundation$28K
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$25K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$23K
- Kahn Foundation$21K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- Aqueduct Foundation$12K
- The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation$11K
- IDEA Family Foundation$10K
- Diamond Foundation$10K
- Oasis Foundation$10K
- Face the World Foundation$10K
- The Transformation Foundation$10K
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
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,99925 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions39
- Total compensation, all staff$3.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bill Kaplan (immediate past chair); Jody Dales (board chair); Michael Kaplan (treasurer); Stacey Kape (member at large); Jacob Switzer (member at large); Eli Joseph (member at large); Sherri Wise (member at large); Donna Cantor (member at large); Natasha Winestock (member at large); Brent Davis (member at large); Raechelle Paperny (member at large); Shelley Rivkin (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Family Services Agency of Vancouver’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107534794RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.