Jewish Federation of Edmonton
Public foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118894229RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,352,486) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Federation of Edmonton is a public foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 5% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $957K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $865K to United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
The society exists to preserve and strengthen the quality of jewish life in edmonton northern albreta canada israel and around the world through leadership in philanthropic volunteer and professional activities. The society shall centralize and co-ordinate the solicitation collection of and disbursement of funds and shall receive hold and maintain property of every description of every description of jewish charitable religious cultural social recreational and educational purposes; shall administer apportion expend and disburse said funds and property and the income there from…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $675K | $85K | $1.1M | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $511K | $79K | $516K | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $413K | — | $630K | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $345K | — | $1.5M | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $317K | — | $730K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 13 qualified donees:
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$865K
- Edmonton Talmud Torah$109K
- Jewish Family Services$70K
- Camp B'Nai B'Rith Society$55K
- Northwest Canada B'Naib'rith Youth Orgainization Society$20K
- Jewish Senior Citizens Centre$6,250
- The Edmonton Jewish Community Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Central Organization for Jewish Education Chabad-Lubavitch$5,000
- Jewish Community Centre of Edmonton$5,000
- Temple Beth Ora Congregation of Edmonton$1,250
- Edmonton Hebrew Association-Congregation Beth Israel$1,000
- JEWISH ARCHIVES & HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF EDMONTON AND NORTHERn$700
- Edmonton Beth Shalom Congregation$500
Received $957K from 15 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$477K
- R.O.W. Charity Foundation$200K
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$112K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$63K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$58K
- The Edmonton Jewish Community Charitable Foundation$28K
- The Azrieli Foundation$9,000
- R.O.W. Charity Foundation$4,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,500
- Yes Kosher Friendship Alberta$1,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,036
- Canadahelps Canadon$768
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$450
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$249
- The Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$550K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Miller (vp); Sarah Troster (director); Rebecca Asbell (vp); Tobey Freedman (director); Benaron Glieberman (treasurer); Teddy Braun (director); Steven Shafir (past president); Ellery Lew (director); David Aaron (director); Davina Eisenstat (director); Jared Paull (director); Suzanne Davis (director); Joel Allen (director); Farrel Shadlyn (uja co chair); Josh Raizman (uja co chair); Victor Linetsky (director); Anika Zepp (vp).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Federation of Edmonton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118894229RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.