Jewish Family Services of Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119239358RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,198,219) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Family Services of Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $8.2M in revenue and $8.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 55% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $855K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 61 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To address and prevent specific problems faced by individuals families and communities by providing in a manner that is consistent with jewish values physical and mental health outreach and support education and poverty relief programs and services for the benefit of individuals families and vulnerable populations who are in need both in the jewish community and in the community at large by doing the following:(a) providing psychotherapy counselling outreach education and other support services and interventins to people in distress women and children affected by family vi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.2M | $8.2M | $7.1M | $228K | — | $189K |
| 2023 | $7.9M | $7.8M | $6.9M | $217K | — | $161K |
| 2022 | $7.6M | $7.7M | $6.5M | $160K | — | $169K |
| 2021 | $8M | $7.4M | $6.5M | $147K | — | $169K |
| 2020 | $6.9M | $6.9M | $6.1M | $142K | — | -$28K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $855K from 16 charities:
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$242K
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$228K
- Canadahelps Canadon$86K
- Canadahelps Canadon$86K
- The Azrieli Foundation$73K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$40K
- Jewish Community of Ottawa Development Foundation$31K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$22K
- WCPD Foundation$16K
- Makeway Foundation$3,000
- The Vered Foundation$1,180
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$570
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$300
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions61
- Total compensation, all staff$5.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aviva Ben-Choreen (president); Cecile Bensimon (board member); Shereen Benzvy (board member); Sherill Besser (board member); Mark Blevis (board member); Matt Conley (vice president); Joanne Gorenstein (treasurer); Nili Kaplan-Myrth (secretary); Jeremy Rudin (board member); Jamie Shillow (board member); Andy Singh (board member); Harland Tanner (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Family Services of Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119239358RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.