Jewish Russian Speaking Community of Toronto
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107534976RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,070,192) as filed with the CRA.
Jewish Russian Speaking Community of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $8.3M in revenue and $7.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 19% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 43 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $814K in 2024, the largest being $438K to Richmond Hill Russian Jewish Centre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Bible classes community publications employment counselling daily prayers youth group daycare religious lectures holiday programs translations helping sick and needy library and tapes financial assistance immigrant aid and counselling.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.3M | $7.1M | $5.4M | $133K | $814K | $2.9M |
| 2023 | $8M | $8.1M | $5.3M | $138K | $2.1M | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $8.6M | $9.9M | $6.5M | $171K | $2.8M | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $7M | $7.4M | $5.2M | $79K | $1.8M | $3M |
| 2020 | $7.4M | $6.5M | $4.4M | $69K | $1.9M | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $814K to 23 qualified donees:
- Richmond Hill Russian Jewish Centre$438K
- York Entrepreneurship Development Institute$92K
- CharityEx Foundation$49K
- Toronto Jewish Academy Ohr Menachem$38K
- Bnei Akiva Schools$38K
- Shmuel Zahavy Cheder Chabad School$29K
- Mesivta Lubavitch Toronto$22K
- Shomrim Toronto$18K
- Khazanski Foundation$14K
- Bais Chaya Mushkah School for Girls$12K
- Yeshivas Oholei Menachem Mendel Lubavitch$12K
- Shaarei Zion Community Centre$11K
- Bais Chomesh High School for Girls$11K
- The Chai Centre$11K
- Tiferes Bais Yaakov$6,300
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,100
- Ben Weider Educational Centre - Chabad Seminary$5,000
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$1,800
- Chabad Jewish Centre of Durham Region$1,000
- Sinai Child CARE Services$1,000
- Canadian Forum of Russian-Speaking Jewry$835
- Ohr Chaya Charitable Organization$500
- Chabad on the Avenue$100
Received $1.1M from 43 charities:
- CharityEx Foundation$225K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$149K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$137K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$134K
- Richmond Hill Russian Jewish Centre$118K
- Toronto Jewish Academy Ohr Menachem$58K
- Jewish Niagara$45K
- Mesivta Lubavitch Toronto$30K
- The Daniel and Vera Rubinstein Charitable Foundation$19K
- The Atid Charitable Foundation$18K
- Ohr Chaya Charitable Organization$18K
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$15K
- Cidel Foundation$15K
- Bais Chomesh High School for Girls$13K
- Circle of Life Charitable Foundation$10K
- My Charity Fund$9,233
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$6,000
- The SMDL Charitable Foundation$6,000
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$5,000
- Mazon Canada$4,100
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$4,000
- The Willie and Mildred Fleischer Charitable Foundation$3,600
- Abraham Bleeman Foundation$3,600
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$2,500
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Edward Kholodenko (director); Dovid Lawrence (director); Avrohom Mann (director); Aryeh Ceitlin (director); Arkady Ulitsky (director); Arcady Khalimsky (director); Yoseph Zaltzman (member of clergy); Mendel Zaltzman (member of clergy).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Jewish Russian Speaking Community of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107534976RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.