Oorah Charitable Organization Oeuvre de Bienfaisance Oorah
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 807556071RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,786,942) as filed with the CRA.
Oorah Charitable Organization Oeuvre de Bienfaisance Oorah is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $11.6M in revenue and $15.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,665.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.7M in 2020 to $11.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Advances religious retreats promoting the teachings doctrines observances and culture associated with the jewish faith. To advance and teach the religious principles and observances of the jewish faith to provide mentoring programs workshops and seminars for parents children and youth in effective communication to establish operate and maintain life-skills learning programs for children and youth to provide tuition assistance to needy children attending schools catering to their specific needs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.6M | $15.8M | $10.9M | — | — | $11.6M |
| 2023 | $9.2M | $6.8M | $2.5M | — | — | $15.8M |
| 2022 | $10.7M | $4.9M | $1M | — | — | $13.4M |
| 2021 | $8.7M | $4.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $7.6M |
| 2020 | $4.7M | $4M | $1.5M | — | — | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,665 from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shimon Shain (president); Murray Zippin (director); Marvin Sigler (director); Bernard Feintuch (director); Eliyohu Mintz (director); Robert Moskovits (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oorah Charitable Organization Oeuvre de Bienfaisance Oorah’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 807556071RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.