Maharam Tav Fund
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 843395195RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,121,517) as filed with the CRA.
Maharam Tav Fund is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $16.9M in revenue and $16.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 110 qualified donees totalling $1.6M in 2024, the largest being $235K to Congrégation Des Livres Saints/Kolel Torah V'yirah. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10M in 2020 to $16.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Relieve poverty through non-interest bearing loans to those who are poor. To provide assistance to needy people.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.9M | $16.1M | $10.1M | $237K | $5.7M | $10.1M |
| 2023 | $14.4M | $14.8M | $13.3M | $400K | $1M | $9.3M |
| 2022 | $16.9M | $13.9M | $12.2M | $689K | $933K | $9.8M |
| 2021 | $15.4M | $10.9M | $6.8M | $336K | $3.8M | $5.9M |
| 2020 | $10M | $7.5M | $2.6M | $72K | $4.8M | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.6M to 110 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Congrégation Des Livres Saints/Kolel Torah V'yirah$235K
- Congregation Sheves Achim$193K
- Chevrah Mesamchei Lev$189K
- Keren Hakehilah$86K
- Mifalei Chaim Bechesed (MCB)$65K
- Eizer Meshilem Feish Association / Association Eizer Meshilem Feish$59K
- Congrégation Good Heart: Congrégation Yetev Lav$59K
- Kolel of Congregation Chaside Belz Umachzike Hadasz$59K
- Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar$59K
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$58K
- Canadian Friends of Satmar Eretz Yisrael$53K
- Ezer Lanefesh Foundation / E.L.F.$40K
- Académie Yeshiva Toras Moshe de Montréal$34K
- Congregation Belz$33K
- L'Association Des Femmes Bikur Cholim Canadienne Du Québec/ Bikur Cholim Ladies Association$30K
- Maimonides Schools for Jewish Studies$25K
- CDRB / Kehal Machzikei Hadas Belz / KMHB$21K
- Maison Tzirel / Bais Tzirel$20K
- Canadian Friends of Mosdos Chasidei Belz$19K
- The Yad Ezer Fund$18K
- Académie Yeshiva Toras Moshe de Montréal$18K
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$13K
- Congregation of the Community of Prefontaine$12K
- Tomchei Shabbos of Montreal$11K
- Beth Esther Academy Inc.$11K
Received $1.8M from 23 charities:
- Moral Arc Foundation$529K
- The Serruya Family Foundation$500K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$379K
- The Marder Family Foundation$140K
- Corps de bénévoles Hatzoloh division Outremont$69K
- Sabel Family Foundation$51K
- ACH Foundation$45K
- Shmilu and Sari Rosenberg Foundation$33K
- Fondation Longévité$25K
- Congregation de l'Aide Fraternelle Ezras Achim$15K
- Ezras Menachem Avrohom Loan Fund$11K
- Canadian Friends of Keren Hatzoloh$10K
- D E Foundation$7,200
- Synagogue Keser Torah inc. / Keser Torah Synagogue inc.$6,000
- Congregation Sheves Achim$5,921
- Fondation des Instituts Juifs Orthodoxes$2,910
- Kollel Menachem$2,400
- My Charity Fund$1,345
- Mifalei Chaim Bechesed (MCB)$585
- CDRB / Kehal Machzikei Hadas Belz / KMHB$420
- Zolfam Matan Bceter Foundation$360
- Matan Bsayser Foundation$360
- Keren One$280
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joel Klein (president); Leser Lowy (vice president); Frida Fischer (secrétaire).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Maharam Tav Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843395195RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.