Ohr Chaya Charitable Organization
Charitable organization · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 812391845RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,998,055) as filed with the CRA.
Ohr Chaya Charitable Organization is a charitable organization based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 47 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $844K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers.
It reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $331K in 2024, the largest being $147K to Kav Shalom KHM. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Relieving poverty by providing food and other basic supplies to personal in need -making unsecured loans on a non-interest bearing basis to persons living in poverty including to enable them to obtain and pay for such things as food shelter and other basic necessities -to preach and advance the teachings of the jewish faith and religious tenets.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $3M | $2.9M | $105K | $331K | $383K |
| 2023 | $3M | $3.2M | $3.1M | $78K | $190K | $455K |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $2.9M | $61K | $196K | $644K |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.6M | — | $156K | $468K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | $50K | $397K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $331K to 15 qualified donees:
- Kav Shalom KHM$147K
- Moral Arc Foundation$42K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$34K
- Building a Jewish Tomorrow$28K
- Jewish Russian Speaking Community of Toronto$18K
- The Toronto Sephardic Kollel$17K
- Jewish Outreach Centre Toronto$16K
- Agudath Israel Congregation of Toronto$10K
- Shomrai Shaboth-Chevrah Mishnayoth Congregation$4,198
- Petah Tikva - Anshe Castilla Congregation$4,000
- Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation$2,800
- B'Nai Zion Charity Fund$2,620
- Yeshivas Keser Torah$2,500
- Tiferes Bais Yaakov$2,100
- Canadian Friends of Cuban Jewry$1,730
Received $844K from 47 charities:
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$136K
- Moral Arc Foundation$125K
- My Charity Fund$106K
- The GRA Charitable Trust$102K
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$74K
- Euro Charities Foundation Fondation caritative Euro$47K
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$38K
- The Toronto Sephardic Kollel$27K
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$20K
- The Mesora Charitable Foundation$15K
- The Gross Family Foundation$15K
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$15K
- Ner Israel-Joseph (j.t.) Tanenbaum Yeshivah College of Toronto$13K
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$12K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$10K
- Silver Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$10K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$7,200
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$6,100
- The M & J Charitable Trust$5,000
- Zolty Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$5,000
- The Burning Bush Foundation$5,000
- Toronto Cheder$4,300
- The Dana Charitable Foundation$3,960
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elie Zrihen (director); Michael Abraham (director); Chaim Leib Gros (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ohr Chaya Charitable Organization’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 812391845RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.