Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc
Public foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 129879102RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,939,915) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc is a public foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $11.2M in revenue and $10.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations. In 2024, 52 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.5M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $3.4M in 2024, the largest being $935K to Jewish Child and Family Service. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.6M in 2020 to $11.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 28 names.
In its own words
The corporation is created and shall be operated exclusively for religious charitable cultural social services and educational purposes. In pursuance therefore it shall without limiting the generality hereof have power: 1. To further the welfare of the jewish community of winnipeg and to that end to ascertain the will of the community on matters affecting them and when ascertained to act as its spokesman. 2. To centralize and coordinate the solicitation collection receipt of and disbursements of funds and to receive hold and maintain property of every description for jewish cha…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.2M | $10.9M | $1.2M | $234K | $3.4M | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $6.8M | $6.7M | $1M | $243K | $3.7M | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $6.5M | $6.7M | $1.1M | $218K | $3.8M | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $6.6M | $6.2M | $1.3M | $213K | $3.6M | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $6.6M | $6.4M | $1M | $185K | $3.6M | $907K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.4M to 12 qualified donees:
- Jewish Child and Family Service$935K
- Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education Inc.$870K
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$563K
- Y.m.h.a. Jewish Community Centre of Winnipeg Inc.$550K
- Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre Inc.$200K
- B'Nai B'Rith Jewish Community Camp Inc.$80K
- Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada Inc.$73K
- Camp Massad of Manitoba Inc.$69K
- Shalom Residences Inc.$40K
- The Abe Simkin Family Charitable Foundation Inc$30K
- Lubavitch Centre Inc.$5,000
- Aleph-Bet Child Life Enrichment Program Inc$5,000
Received $4.5M from 52 charities:
- The Asper Foundation$1.8M
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$631K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$477K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$272K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$143K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$130K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$120K
- Celebrating Our Differences Foundation Inc.$101K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$100K
- The Michael Nozick Family Foundation Inc.$70K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$70K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$63K
- The Azrieli Foundation$54K
- WCPD Foundation$51K
- Wellington West Foundation Inc.$49K
- United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc$44K
- White Rose Foundation Inc.$37K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$23K
- Samuel and Anna Lazareck Foundation Inc.$23K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$18K
- Whitestone Foundation Inc.$16K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$15K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$13K
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Josh Blatt (member); Jason Gisser (departmental chair); Paula Parks (president); Carrie Shenkarow (vice president); Bryan Hack (yad co-chair); Marcelo Mandelbaum (member); Shane Kozolowich (member); Gayla Guttman (department co-chair); Yael Borovich (member); Aron Grosko (finance chair); Daniel Kazado (member); Don Haid (rady jcc rep); Janet Frohlich (department co-cjair); Brent Schacter (member); Neil Duboff (honorary consel); Patrick Elazar (member); Benji Ariza (member); Meria Gisser (member); Stephanie Kalo (member); Daniel Matzkin (wbje representative); Michael Paterson (member); Gavin Rich (cja co-chair); Mariana Sussi (department co-chair); Darryl Levy (cja co-chair); Elena Grinshteyn (jcfs rep); Naomi Kirshenblatt (genesis co-chair); Tessa Weinberg (gensis co-chair); Dafna Shore (jfm rep).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129879102RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.