Ner Israel-Joseph (j.t.) Tanenbaum Yeshivah College of Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 131167710RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,510,591) as filed with the CRA.
Ner Israel-Joseph (j.t.) Tanenbaum Yeshivah College of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Thornhill, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $5.5M in revenue and $5.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.5M.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 41 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $78K in 2024, the largest being $56K to Yeshiva Gedola Bridgeport of Canada Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The organization operates a secondary school whose purpose is to provide religious training to its students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $5.5M | $5.4M | — | $78K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $5.2M | $5.2M | — | $50K | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $4M | $5.1M | $4.6M | — | $532K | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $5M | $4.5M | $4.5M | — | $56K | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $4.5M | $4.3M | — | $220K | $797K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $78K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $2.5M from 29 charities:
- The NIY Charitable Foundation$2.2M
- Moral Arc Foundation$100K
- Nathan & Shani Bleeman Charitable Foundation$53K
- Koschur Foundation$30K
- Canada Gives$26K
- My Charity Fund$19K
- The Allan and Susan Seidenfeld Charitable Foundation$16K
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$6,500
- Chevra Shas$6,000
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$5,800
- Canadian Foundation for the Education and Welfare of Jews Ofthe C I S$5,450
- The Ryf Charitable Trust$5,000
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$2,938
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$2,400
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$1,832
- The Phineas Kurtz Family Foundation$1,000
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$750
- Abraham Bleeman Foundation$500
- The C & J Jakubovic Family Charitable Trust$360
- The S. Sigler Family Charitable Foundation$360
- The Ruth Lebovic Charitable Foundation$360
- The Marder Family Foundation$360
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$297
- The Institute of Torah Education$250
- Shainhouse Family Charitable Foundation$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions41
- Total compensation, all staff$3.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Hofstedter (director); Abraham Bleeman (president director); Nathan Bleeman (director executive vp); Thomas Hofstedter (director); Thomas Kohn (director secretary); Aryah Lebovic (director vp); Lenny Rothschild (director); Marvin Rubner (director treasurer); Allan Seidenfeld (director); Marvin Sigler (director vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ner Israel-Joseph (j.t.) Tanenbaum Yeshivah College of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131167710RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.