Kashruth Council of Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 863251526RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($6,861,166) as filed with the CRA.
Kashruth Council of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $6.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $309K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 43 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $180K in 2024, the largest being $178K to Halacha Institute of Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 44 names.
In its own words
The charity promotes the observance of orthodox judaism by ensuring the availability and identification of kosher products through its supervision and certification of food service production.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $6.9M | $1.4M | — | $180K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $6.7M | $6.3M | $4.9M | — | $3,600 | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $6.1M | $5.9M | $4.1M | — | $354K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $5.5M | $5.3M | $3.4M | — | $304K | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $5.7M | $5.3M | $3.5M | — | $7,000 | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $180K to 2 qualified donees:
- Halacha Institute of Toronto$178K
- Keren Ontario$1,800
Received $309K from 13 charities:
- Zolty Charitable Foundation$100K
- The S. Sigler Family Charitable Foundation$72K
- Matan Foundation$68K
- Israel Koschitzky Family Charitable Foundation$30K
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$23K
- The B&C Zy Gezunt Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$3,600
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$3,600
- Heber Family Charitable Foundation$1,800
- The Estaron Foundation$500
- The Estaron Foundation$500
- My Charity Fund$280
- Canadahelps Canadon$34
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions43
- Total compensation, all staff$4.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daniel Bitton (director); Nathan Bleeman (director); Jack Feintuch (vice chairman); Meyer Feldman (past chairman); Larry Froom (director); Shimshon Gross (vice chairman); Pinny Kaufman (director); Marshall Kesten (director); Michoel Klugmann (assistant secretary); Ira Marder (past chairman); Ari Messinger (vice chairman); Moshe Sigler (chairman); Yossi Marder (director); Robert Benmergui (director); Neil Cohen (director); Yehoshua Czermack (director); Alan Gutenberg (director); Mark Halpern (director); Paul Jacobs (director); Irving Karoly (director); Shimshon Katz (director); David Kleiner (director); Jerrold Landau (director); Elie Mamann (director); Eli Mandel (director); Shea Miller (director); Ronald Rutman (director); Simon Schonblum (director); Avram Waisbrod (director); David Wolff (director); Shmuel Zimmerman (director); Yehuda Cohen (director); Mendy Maierovitz (director); Howard Glowinsky (director); Mark Ross (director); Larry Froom (treasurer); Yossi Marder (secretary); Jack Feintuch (director); Shimshon Gross (director); Michoel Klugmann (director); Ira Marder (director); Ari Messinger (director); Moshe Sigler (director); Bernard Heitner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kashruth Council of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863251526RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.