Sephardic Kollel Avrechim foundation
Charitable organization · Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec · BN 853233740RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,396,650) as filed with the CRA.
Sephardic Kollel Avrechim foundation is a charitable organization based in Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $169K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $531K in 2024, the largest being $304K to VMM Zichron Chaim Charity. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $875K in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Organiser et maintenir une synaguogue avec l'object de la pratique et l'avancement de la religion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.4M | $856K | $10K | $531K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $2.2M | $914K | $20K | $1.3M | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $913K | $639K | — | $234K | $3M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $867K | $546K | — | $302K | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $875K | $896K | $537K | — | $348K | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $531K to 11 qualified donees:
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$304K
- École juive sepharadic/The sepharadic cheder$124K
- Fondation de la Famille Nataf/Nataf Family Foundation$40K
- The Yad Ezer Fund$23K
- Association Penimi$20K
- Académie Yéshiva Yavné$6,000
- Caisse Beth Yossef$4,000
- Congregation Eitz Chaim$3,000
- Congregation Chouva Israel$3,000
- Communauté Sépharade de Côte St-Luc Beth Rambam$2,000
- Jewish Heritage Foundation International$1,500
Received $169K from 9 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$57K
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$53K
- Centre Juif Noam / Noam Jewish Centre$33K
- Communaute Sepharade de Ville ST-Laurent$19K
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,268
- WCPD Foundation$1,050
- Mifalei Chaim Bechesed (MCB)$490
- Organisation CHABAD Westmount / Westmount CHABAD Organization$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Isaac Benayoun (administrateur); Messod Asher Benoliel (president); Yehuda Benoliel (tresorier); Maurice Marciano (secretaire); Charles Quahnoun (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sephardic Kollel Avrechim foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853233740RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.