Reform Jewish Community of Canada
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 124146846RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($537,073) as filed with the CRA.
Reform Jewish Community of Canada is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $548K in revenue and $537K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $75K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $167K in 2024, the largest being $147K to Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The reform jewish community of canada (rjcc) is the umbrella organization for the reform movement in canada. Its programs include: to promote the religious and educational objects of the synagogue congregations which are presently members of the canadian council of liberal congregations; to aid in forming new liberal jewish congregations in canada; to provide services and otherwise assist congregations in developing curriculum in hebrew schools and continuing education programs; to provide youth programs and leadership training.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $548K | $537K | $289K | $12K | $167K | $504K |
| 2023 | $520K | $662K | $287K | $15K | $295K | $493K |
| 2022 | $528K | $765K | $363K | $19K | $299K | $635K |
| 2021 | $649K | $532K | $249K | $16K | $203K | $872K |
| 2020 | $602K | $550K | $290K | $10K | $209K | $756K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $167K to 2 qualified donees:
- Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion$147K
- Union for Reform Judaism Camp George$20K
Received $75K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$307K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Len Bates (director); Morris Cooper (director); Denise Grossman (director); Mitch Leitman (director); Jason Mandlowitz (director); Miriam Pearlman (director); Andy Shafran (director); Pekka Sinervo (president); Carole Sterling (director); Gila Caine (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Reform Jewish Community of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124146846RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.