Or Shalom - Jewish Spiritual Community Association
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 132281676RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($551,023) as filed with the CRA.
Or Shalom - Jewish Spiritual Community Association is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $551K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $126K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $529K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Religious activities and education in the jewish religion in vancouver b.c. - jewish education pastoral counseling and celebration of jewish holidays and holy days
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $551K | $482K | $7,894 | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $531K | $504K | $435K | $7,519 | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $664K | $472K | $406K | $9,264 | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $496K | $456K | $389K | $9,436 | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $529K | $466K | $382K | $9,503 | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $126K from 9 charities:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$45K
- Lutsky Family Foundation$36K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,228
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,800
- The Houssian Foundation$2,500
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$2,262
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$372K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elena Banfield (director); Jodie Eaton (director); Abby Ritch (director); Carol-Anne Fried (director); Dalia Margalit-Faircloth (director); Mira Oreck (director); Avril Orloff (director); Marty Puterman (director); Sally Thorne (director); Russil Wvong (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Or Shalom - Jewish Spiritual Community Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132281676RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.