Jewish Memorial Gardens
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 861187201RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($662,664) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Memorial Gardens is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $663K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $123K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $858K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The organization operates two jewish cemeteries following jewish traditions and laws
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $663K | $645K | — | — | $5.8M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $699K | $659K | — | — | $5.1M |
| 2022 | $622K | $783K | $691K | — | $75K | $4.5M |
| 2021 | $921K | $538K | $509K | — | — | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $858K | $592K | $556K | — | — | $4.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $123K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$75K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Diener (co-chair); Hyman Reichstein (vice chair); Issie Scarowsky (secretary); Leon Bronstein (director); Brent Taylor (co-chair); Arie Lubienietzky (director); Jeffrey Taylor (treasurer); Mark Holzman (director); Judah Silverman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Memorial Gardens’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861187201RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.