Mesivta Lubavitch Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 806176319RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,980,603) as filed with the CRA.
Mesivta Lubavitch Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 41 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $348K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $111K in 2024, the largest being $35K to Bais Chaya Mushkah School for Girls. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To establish an orthodox jewish high school for boys devoted to the study of the laws tenets and doctrines of the jewish faith. To operate a house of religious prayer and worship which adheres to and complies with the laws customs and traditions of orthodox judaism as interpreted by the chasidic jewish movement known as chabad lubavitch. To teach promote and advance the spiritual teachings of the orthodox movement known as chabad lubavitch. To organize and take part in charitable community service programs including visiting the sick and the elderly religious orthodox activities and v…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2M | $1.8M | $0 | $111K | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | $232K | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.1M | $1.9M | — | $1.2M | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $1.7M | — | — | $21K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | $47K | $338K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $111K to 9 qualified donees:
- Bais Chaya Mushkah School for Girls$35K
- Jewish Russian Speaking Community of Toronto$30K
- Chabad Jewish Centre of Woodbridge$24K
- Kollel Daf Yomi Institute$5,150
- Yeshivas Oholei Menachem Mendel Lubavitch$5,000
- Beth Jacob Vianshei Drildz Congregation$5,000
- Mosdos Bobov$3,663
- Moral Arc Foundation$1,800
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$1,035
Received $348K from 41 charities:
- Chabad Lubavitch of the Waterloo Region$45K
- Chaverim of the Community$27K
- B.I.G. Dov & Shprintza Foundation$27K
- Tzivos Hashem Canada Inc$25K
- Jewish Russian Speaking Community of Toronto$22K
- Chabad Jewish Centre of Georgina$20K
- Camp Gan Israel Ontario$18K
- Beth Joseph Chabad$18K
- Chabad of Midtown$18K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$18K
- Daat Charitable Foundation$10K
- Congregation Bais Menachem Chabad-Lubavitch$8,667
- Chabad Lubavitch of Richmond Hill$7,675
- CharityEx Foundation$7,410
- The Chai Centre$7,200
- Toronto Chesed Foundation$7,102
- Moral Arc Foundation$7,000
- Chabad at Western$5,800
- Chabad Chai Center / Centre Chabad Chai$5,432
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$5,000
- Shainhouse Family Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Warren and Debbie Kimel Family Foundation$5,000
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Camp jardin d'Hannah (Pardas Chanah)/ Garden Of Hannah Camp (Pardas Chanah)$4,300
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$3,960
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$597K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yosef Yarmush (president); Leon Steiner (secretary); Shneur Zaltzman (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mesivta Lubavitch Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 806176319RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.