Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119144277RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($361,516) as filed with the CRA.
Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $389K in revenue and $362K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,605.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $6,087 to Jias (jewish Immigrant Aid Services) Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We conduct congregational services for Jewish holidays festivals and sabbaths. We operate a children's Sunday school for Jewish culture history bible ethics and values. We conduct adult education programs that focus on our culture and religion from a humanistic Jewish perspective. We operate cemetery sections to allocate interment rights for our members.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $389K | $362K | — | — | $11K | $794K |
| 2023 | $345K | $342K | $266K | — | $343 | $766K |
| 2022 | $440K | $307K | $210K | $0 | $1,863 | $764K |
| 2021 | $354K | $290K | $185K | — | $18K | $631K |
| 2020 | $509K | $338K | — | — | $1,300 | $567K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $3,605 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$112K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carol Elman (president); Kevin Fine (director); Robert Horwitz (treasurer); Penny Parnes (director); Erin Winocur (director); Karen Elkin (director); Michelle Krieger (secretary); Rose Lewis (director); Robert Wollach (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119144277RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.