Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 873433866RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($4,584,695) as filed with the CRA.
Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School 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 $4.7M in revenue and $4.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $417K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The paul penna downtown jewish day school provides an educational program that assures a solid foundation in all academic areas including language arts mathematics social studies hebrew and judiac studies. It is based on the ontario curriculum mandated by the provincial ministry of education and training. Throughout each day students devote time to the integrated curriculum which explores important concepts or questions about themselves and the world through a multi-disciplinary program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.6M | $4.4M | $94K | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $4.6M | $4.4M | $4.2M | $94K | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $3.7M | $4.1M | $3.9M | $152K | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $3.3M | $3.1M | $63K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $2.9M | $2.8M | $89K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $417K from 14 charities:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$211K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$50K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$47K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$29K
- Wagner Green Family Trust$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$12K
- The SMDL Charitable Foundation$10K
- The London Jewish Community Foundation$8,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,931
- BenefAction Foundation$6,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$6,000
- Wagner Green Family Trust$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$641
- First Narayever Congregation$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Milgram (secretary); Daniel Naymark (president); Michael Goldrosen (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 873433866RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.