Moral Arc Foundation
Public foundation · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 118974294RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($110,381,310) as filed with the CRA.
Moral Arc Foundation is a public foundation based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $110.6M in revenue and $110.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 56% from other charities. In 2024, 392 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51.9M.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 116 qualified donees totalling $6.7M in 2024, the largest being $1.3M to Beth Medrash Gavoha. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $65.8M in 2020 to $110.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Supporting schools providing jewish heritage culture and education including research and publications and giving bursaries to underprivileged children due to economic environment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $110.6M | $110.4M | $103.3M | — | $6.7M | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $99.4M | $101.7M | $94.3M | — | $7.1M | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $87M | $83.9M | $75.5M | — | $8.1M | $5.6M |
| 2021 | $63.2M | $61.8M | $57.7M | — | $3.8M | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $65.8M | $65.8M | $59.5M | — | $6.2M | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6.7M to 116 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Beth Medrash Gavoha$1.3M
- Kollel Daf Yomi Institute$1M
- Maharam Tav Fund$529K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$376K
- Beis Meir$270K
- Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies$260K
- Yaldei Aharon$224K
- Kav Shalom KHM$217K
- Ezras Hakahal$217K
- Toronto Cheder$192K
- Ohr Chaya Charitable Organization$125K
- The Shtiebel$123K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$108K
- Canadian Friends of Vaad Harabbanim$105K
- Ner Israel-Joseph (j.t.) Tanenbaum Yeshivah College of Toronto$100K
- Achim Toronto$97K
- The Tzaddik Foundation$95K
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu$89K
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$89K
- Eitz Chaim Schools$59K
- My Charity Fund$57K
- Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi$56K
- Canadian Friends of Yad Eliezer$54K
- Sinai Child CARE Services$50K
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation$49K
Received $51.9M from 392 charities:
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$5.2M
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$4.6M
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$4.2M
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$2.1M
- The Ruth Lebovic Charitable Foundation$2M
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$1.8M
- My Charity Fund$1.7M
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$1.3M
- Zolty Charitable Foundation$1.3M
- The B&C Zy Gezunt Charitable Foundation$1.3M
- Rosenberg Family Foundation$1.2M
- J & H Feldman Charitable Foundation$1.2M
- The Mesora Charitable Foundation$1.1M
- The Gross Family Foundation$1.1M
- Matan Bsayser Foundation$1.1M
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$916K
- Mifal Hashas Foundation Inc.$831K
- The Sharing Foundation$733K
- The Koenig Family Foundation$685K
- Canadian Friends of Sanz Medical Centre$685K
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$681K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$668K
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$622K
- The M & J Charitable Trust$589K
- Tom and Annie Kohn Charitable Foundation$558K
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$179K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rabbi Boruch Rand (secretary/director); Hennie Tepler (director); Levy Wagowsky (pres/treasurer/director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Moral Arc Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118974294RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.