Montessori Jewish Day School of Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 864903927RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,439,254) as filed with the CRA.
Montessori Jewish Day School of 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 27% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $222K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the school is to integrate a first-rate montessori program with a rich and substantial jewish curriculum
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $1.5M | $50K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $40K | — | $990K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $673K | $1.1M | $55K | — | $664K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $74K | — | $962K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $12K | — | $859K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $222K from 9 charities:
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$50K
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$22K
- The Amayn Charitable Foundation$18K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$15K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$12K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacob Jesin (chair); Yaron Vorona (director); Rafi Yablonsky (director); Sam Mendelsohn (treasurer); Michelle Freedman (director); Karen Mandel (director); Tamara Winegust (secretary); Morris Oziel (director); Kibel Deon (director); Jono Landon (director); Ross Mitgang (director); Faith Stoppel (director); Talia Mandowsky (director); Elyssa Seidman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Montessori Jewish Day School of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864903927RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.