Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 121811913RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($91,065) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $190K in revenue and $91K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
Record preserve and present the history of Southern Alberta's Jews and their communities through educational programming publication of a journal rotating displays research support on-line database of local Jewish veterans archival holdings photograph and oral history collections and research library and files.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $190K | $91K | $67K | — | — | $866K |
| 2023 | $128K | $82K | $60K | — | — | $766K |
| 2022 | $62K | $95K | $73K | — | — | $721K |
| 2021 | $178K | $81K | $59K | — | — | $753K |
| 2020 | $128K | $86K | $62K | — | — | $656K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$56K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rebecca Aizenman (director); Judy Chetner (director); Sara Drabinsky (director); Barry Finkelman (vice president); Halley Girvitz (director); Sheila Gurevitch (director); Dorothy Hanson (secretary); Melvin Ksienski (director); Saundra Lipton (president); Harry Sanders (director); Laura Shuler (vice president); Alan Silver (director); Shauna Switzer (director at large); Mary Taub (treasurer); Sandra Weizman (director); Joseph Kohn (director); Irena Karshenbaum (director); Rona Davies (director); Lila Mydlarski (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121811913RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.