Kehillat Shaarei Torah of Toronto
Charitable organization · Willowdale, Ontario · BN 131797995RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($661,002) as filed with the CRA.
Kehillat Shaarei Torah of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Willowdale, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $704K in revenue and $661K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $133K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Synagogue services-ritual prayer; educational programmes; learning programmes; activities of a general &religious nature in pursuance of the promotion and maintenance of an orthodox jewish synagogue for members& the general community ; and we hold daily worship services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $704K | $661K | $71K | $4,322 | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $534K | $622K | $69K | $3,781 | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $553K | $611K | $55K | $31K | $1,300 | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $534K | $497K | $33K | $17K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $488K | $567K | $99K | — | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $133K from 10 charities:
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$50K
- BenefAction Foundation$36K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$14K
- The Luft Schwartz Family Foundation$10K
- The DR. Wolf Lebovic Charitable Foundation$10K
- The New Orchard Foundation$5,000
- The Sam Yakubowicz Family Foundation$2,991
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$2,500
- The Eddie and Marilyn Weisz Family Foundation$1,800
- The Estaron Foundation$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$318K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Irwin Beron (board member); Joseph Kanofsky (rabbi); Harry Klompas (treasurer); Lawrence Mosselson (secretary); Emmy Gershon (board member); Joan O'Callaghan (board member); Kelly Aizicowitz (board member); Michael Back (board member); Michael Gilmore (executive director); Helen Lewis (president); Ruth Urbach (board member); Irene Weiss (board member); Neville Wolf (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kehillat Shaarei Torah of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131797995RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.