Jewish Family Services (calgary)
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118974252RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,393,844) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Family Services (calgary) is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5.5M in revenue and $5.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from government, 69% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $614K.
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 71% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.5M in 2020 to $5.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
The society's core program areas include clinical counseling vocational services services to seniors home support resettlement of new comers basic needs support homelessness domestic violence and family life education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $5.4M | $5M | $46K | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $5.1M | $4.7M | $92K | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $4.3M | $4M | $3.6M | $71K | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $4M | $3.4M | $3.1M | $18K | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $3M | $2.6M | $91K | — | $677K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $614K from 18 charities:
- Calgary Jewish Federation$217K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$74K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$63K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$62K
- Sam Ousher Switzer Charitable Foundation$50K
- The Calgary Foundation$42K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Alberta Retired Teachers Charitable Foundation$20K
- Somar Family Foundation$8,810
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,529
- ATB Investor Services Foundation$8,000
- Vancouver Foundation$3,000
- Mazon Canada$2,770
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,125
- The Philip and Harriet Libin Family Foundation$2,000
- United Way of Calgary and Area$1,516
- Calgary Lodge Menorah Charitable Foundation$720
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Will Katz (chair); Denis Levandovsky (vice chair); Bev Silverstone (secretary); Sean Christopher (treasurer); Paul Chisolm (member); Gilbert Dawson (member); Yanna Inhaber (member); Jennifer Mackenzie (member); Monique Minvielle (member); Jun Mo (member); Aliza Sarian (member); Zakeana Reid (member); Michael Trakshinsky (member); Lisa Yellin (member); Amanda Zalmanowitz (member); Kristen Joffe (past chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Family Services (calgary)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118974252RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.