Jewish Public Library
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 130633258RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,079,665) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Public Library is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 7% from government, 47% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 50 names.
In its own words
To provide access to educational informational and recreational material to the public including socioeconomic strata all age and all educational livels. Materials include books periodicals reference materials audios viceos cd roms rare books archives photo collections german judaica and jewish canadian including children's library services. Lecture series conferences and musical evenings are among the cultural events offered.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $2.1M | $1.7M | $17K | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $2M | $1.7M | $19K | — | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $33K | — | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $938K | $719K | $20K | — | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $2M | $1.7M | $41K | — | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 17 charities:
- Federation Cja$896K
- The Azrieli Foundation$427K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$127K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$80K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Fondation Familiale Gewurz/Gewurz Family Fondation$13K
- Protech Foundation/fondation Protech$12K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- The George and Sylvia Aikins Foundation$10K
- Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation$10K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$10K
- The Mireille and Murray Steinberg Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille Mireille et Muuray Steinberg$5,400
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,371
- Rose and Daniel Freedman Foundation Fondation Rose et DanielFreedman$1,000
- The CRB Foundation/La fondation CRB$1,000
- The George and Sylvia Aikins Foundation$540
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yolande Amzallag (officers & board of directors); Howard Berish (officers & board of directors); Robert Bohbot (officers & board of directors); Rachel Cohen (officers & board of directors); Anthony Davis (officers & board of directors); Erica Fagen (officers & board of directors); Arlene Greenberg (officers & board of directors); John Hobday (officers & board of directors); Emmanuel Kalles (officers & board of directors); Barbara Maldoff (officers & board of directors); Meland Matthew (officers & board of directors); Marc Oliel (officers & board of directors); Stephanie Raby-Naimer (officers & board of directors); Robert Schwartzwald (officers & board of directors); Nanci Ship (officers & board of directors); Brenda Stermer (officers & board of directors); Jean Teboul (officers & board of directors); Sydney Warshaw (officers & board of directors); Henry Zavriyev (officers & board of directors); Crelinsten Michael (officers & board of directors); Dancyger Alain (officers & board of directors); Barbara Whiston (officers & board of directors); Frajman Daniel (ombusman); Aaron Ain (past presidents); Claire Berger (past presidents); Rachel Cohen (past presidents); Joanne Garfinkle (past presidents); Bryna Garmaise (past presidents); Anna Gonshor (past presidents); Aron Gonshor (past presidents); Peter Jacobs (past presidents); Emmanuel Kalles (past presidents); Barbara Kay (past presidents); Howard Krosnick (past presidents); Alain Murad (past presidents); Alice Lehrer (past presidents); Daniel Lighter (past presidents); Murray Lippman (past presidents); Irwin Litvack (past presidents); Janie Respitz (past presidents); Ira Robinson (past presidents); Gerald Soiferman (past presidents); Rivka Augenfeld (honourary board members); Pearl Lighter (honourary board members); Nayer Marilyn (honourary board members); Eva Raby (honourary board members); Hillel Rosen (honourary board members); Howard Schnider (honourary board members); Ernest Strolovitch (honourary board members); Murray Yudin (honourary board members).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130633258RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.