Jewish Niagara
Charitable organization · Niagara Falls, Ontario · BN 855801619RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,237,003) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Niagara is a charitable organization based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 24 qualified donees totalling $266K in 2024, the largest being $96K to Adas Israel Congregation of Hamilton. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $736K in 2020 to $3.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The purpose of this charity is to promote jewish knowledge awareness and practice to both young and old achieve and maintain jewish identity among the member of the community university students and visitors by providing educational spiritual and religious services meeting their jewish needs. The charity offers hebrew school of the arts and programs for the children afternoon teen classes lectures/seminars and shabbat meals for university/college students adult education and minyan service throughout the year. Holiday programs and packages including high holiday services sukkot bash …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3.2M | — | — | $266K | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $3M | — | — | $122K | $4.5M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $7,319 | $166K | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $791K | — | $86K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $736K | $881K | $792K | — | $47K | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $266K to 24 qualified donees:
- Adas Israel Congregation of Hamilton$96K
- Congregation Chasidei Bobov$67K
- Jewish Russian Speaking Community of Toronto$45K
- Yeshivas Oholei Menachem Mendel Lubavitch$32K
- Chabad Lubavitch of the Waterloo Region$5,370
- Chabad Jewish Centre of Durham Region$3,070
- The Hamilton Hebrew Academy Zichron Meir$2,270
- Chabad of Etobicoke$1,800
- Chabad Lubavitch of Aurora Inc.$1,800
- Communauté Chabad du Vieux-Montréal$1,540
- Chabad Student Network of Ottawa$1,360
- Mosdos Bobov$1,071
- Shmuel Zahavy Cheder Chabad School$1,000
- Central Organization for Jewish Education Lubavitch Alberta$1,000
- Chabad at Western$970
- Chabad-Lubavitch of Regina Inc$788
- Chabad of Centrepointe$770
- Association Chabad sur le Campus$770
- Bnos Bais Yaakov High School$412
- Kupas Hachesed Meoroth$385
- Chabad Lubavitch (Hamilton)$385
- Centre Chabad De Ville Mont Royal / Chabad Centre of The Town of Mount Royal$360
- Jewish National Fund of Canada Inc.$250
- Congregation Kahal Avreichim$7
Received $50K from 13 charities:
- Seminary Loan Fund$13K
- The Estaron Foundation$10K
- Centre Chabad De Ville Mont Royal / Chabad Centre of The Town of Mount Royal$10K
- Chabad Chai Center / Centre Chabad Chai$9,000
- Vinegar Family Foundation$1,800
- Moshe & Guta Szenicer Foundation$1,540
- Matan Bsayser Foundation$1,500
- Chabad Lubavitch of the Waterloo Region$1,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$652
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$415
- Chabad of Guelph$360
- Mae Day Foundation$360
- My Charity Fund$208
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$618K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yosaif Sholom Yarmush (director); Arcady Ulitsky (director); Daniel Vantresca (director); Shneur Zaltzman (religious leader).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Niagara’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855801619RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.