Organisation Chabad of Downtown Montreal Organisation Chabad de Centre Ville Montréal
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 118940626RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($537,685) as filed with the CRA.
Organisation Chabad of Downtown Montreal Organisation Chabad de Centre Ville Montréal is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $662K in revenue and $538K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $76K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $580 in 2024, the largest being $294 to MADA Community Center Inc. - Centre communautaire MADA inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $337K in 2020 to $662K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Providing religious programming including seminars and lectures. Maintining a synagogue for daily religious services provide subsidized kosher meals for students. Sponsoring social events that promote humanity. Sponsoring social events that promote judaism. Sponsoring community meals every shabbat and holidays
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $662K | $538K | $473K | $35K | $580 | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $559K | $484K | $401K | $11K | $1,250 | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $474K | $418K | $361K | $5,461 | $7,292 | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $227K | $224K | — | — | $6,240 | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $337K | $384K | — | — | $2,505 | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, June 30, 2024
- Receipted donations$211,827
- From other charities$94,285
- Other income$54,524
- Other gifts$7,105
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $580 to 3 qualified donees:
Received $76K from 9 charities:
- Chabad on Campus Canada$37K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$21K
- Shawna Goodman & Todd Sone Family Foundation$5,000
- Canada Gives$5,000
- Shawna Goodman & Todd Sone Family Foundation$4,000
- Federation Cja$1,000
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$1,000
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$504
- Association Chabad sur le Campus$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$121K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julianna Schwartz Gniwisch; Icchok Gniwisch; Shmuel Weiss.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Organisation Chabad of Downtown Montreal Organisation Chabad de Centre Ville Montréal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118940626RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.