Keren Yecheskel Foundation
Private foundation · Boisbriand, Quebec · BN 762302131RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($720,737) as filed with the CRA.
Keren Yecheskel Foundation is a private foundation based in Boisbriand, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $721K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 33 qualified donees totalling $720K in 2024, the largest being $368K to B'NAI LEVY Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $80K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Grant assistance to needy person provide scholarships to talmudic scholars
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $721K | — | — | $721K | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $735K | $718K | — | — | $717K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $543K | — | — | $542K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $270K | $109K | — | — | $109K | $239K |
| 2020 | $80K | $2,386 | — | — | — | $78K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $720K to 33 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- B'NAI LEVY Foundation$368K
- Eizer Meshilem Feish Association / Association Eizer Meshilem Feish$257K
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$14K
- Aide de santé/ Help to Health/Ezer L'Refuah$12K
- Hatzolah Quebec$10K
- Mifalei Chaim Bechesed (MCB)$7,680
- Keren Hakehilah$5,000
- Canadian Friends of Ateres Bunos$5,000
- Refuah V'Chesed$3,900
- Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar$3,600
- Faire Revivre / Lhachyois$3,500
- L'Association Des Femmes Bikur Cholim Canadienne Du Québec/ Bikur Cholim Ladies Association$3,500
- Vaad Mishmeres Mitzvos$3,360
- Initiative Communautaire de Yaldei$2,600
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$2,300
- Zurach Bachoshech$1,800
- Ohel Torah Congregation$1,800
- Zurach Bachoshech$1,532
- Menucha Vesimcha$1,510
- Bonei Olam Foundation Inc.$1,180
- Congrégation Des Livres Saints/Kolel Torah V'yirah$1,000
- Canadian Friends of Mosdos Be'Er Yitzchak$1,000
- Canadian Friends of Mishon La'Choleh$1,000
- L'Institution Kupat Torah Vechiesed$1,000
- Kolel Mareh Yechkel Congregation$1,000
Received $20K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Isaac Berkowitz (treasurer); Surah Ehrenfeld (vice president); Shlome Rotter (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Keren Yecheskel Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 762302131RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.