Schara Tzedeck Cemetery Board
Charitable organization · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 119142537RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,255,673) as filed with the CRA.
Schara Tzedeck Cemetery Board is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $4.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The board provided funeral services for jewish families primarily in vancouver bc
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $2.3M | $1.8M | — | — | $29.7M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.1M | $1.7M | — | — | $27.2M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | — | $26.4M |
| 2021 | $6.5M | $2M | $1.4M | — | — | $25.8M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $21M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $22K from 4 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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$809K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jack Kowarsky (co-chairman); Mark Schonfeld (director); Arnold Silber (co-chairman); Herb Silber (director); Harvey Dales (director); Gary Segal (officer); Howard Kallner (director); Hodie Kahn (officer); Gil Kimel (officer); Jonathon Leipsic (congregation president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Schara Tzedeck Cemetery Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119142537RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.