Les Amis Canadiens de l'Université de Tel Aviv Inc. CanadianFriends of Tel Aviv University Inc.
Public foundation · Cote-Saint-Luc, Quebec · BN 124035643RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($7,688,816) as filed with the CRA.
Les Amis Canadiens de l'Université de Tel Aviv Inc. CanadianFriends of Tel Aviv University Inc. is a public foundation based in Cote-Saint-Luc, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $5.6M in revenue and $7.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 52 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21.6M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $6.1M in 2024, the largest being $6.1M to Tel Aviv University. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $9.7M in 2020 to $5.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
From our offices in montreal and toronto canadian friends of tel aviv university (cftau) organizes events and activities from coast to coast with an for a alumni past attendees and friends of tel aviv university (tau) and provide direct funding support for the educational and research goals of tau. Today israel's largest most innovative entrepreneurial and comprehensive institution of higher learning tau is facilitated by enhanced public awareness of the university's achievements and programming through the development of a strong local network of support. Cftau facilities academic an…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.6M | $7.7M | $193K | $357K | $6.1M | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $14.2M | $14.2M | $225K | $617K | $12.3M | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $8.1M | $8.1M | $150K | $218K | $6.8M | $647K |
| 2021 | $5.9M | $12.9M | $152K | $234K | $11.8M | $583K |
| 2020 | $9.7M | $9.3M | $769K | $159K | $8.2M | $452K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6.1M to 1 qualified donee:
- Tel Aviv University$6.1M
Received $21.6M from 52 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$19.2M
- The Charles Evelyne and Sandra Dolansky Foundation$371K
- The Weisfeld Family Charitable Foundation$348K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$200K
- Kanovsky Family Foundation$200K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$168K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$160K
- The Benjamin Ahdoot and Yaffa Tegegne Foundation La Fondation Benjamin Ahdoot et Yaffa Tegegne$120K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$100K
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$90K
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$73K
- The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation$50K
- The Irwin Beutel Foundation$50K
- 1-R32 Foundation$50K
- Fondation Familiale Gewurz/Gewurz Family Fondation$36K
- The Azrieli Foundation$36K
- The Benjamin Walker Foundation$30K
- Cidel Foundation$30K
- The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation$25K
- Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Family Foundation$25K
- The Asper Foundation$20K
- The Jeremy & Judith Freedman Family Foundation$18K
- The Lynn and Brent Belzberg Foundation$18K
- The CRB Foundation/La fondation CRB$13K
- The Charney Family Foundation$10K
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$929K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Theodore Goloff (director); Galia Feiler (director); Michael Tenenbaum (vp); Joshua Cummings (regional chair); David Atshuller (director); Richard Charney (committee chair); Larry Rich (vp); Jerry Grafstein (director); Stewart Litvak (director); Ruben Shiffman (director); Ariela Cotler (president); Yonatan Petel (treasurer); Irving Feldman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Les Amis Canadiens de l'Université de Tel Aviv Inc. CanadianFriends of Tel Aviv University Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124035643RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.