Shaare Zedek Congregation
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 107972291RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,646,908) as filed with the CRA.
Shaare Zedek Congregation is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $482K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Religious and cultural activities as performed by a synagogue
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $587K | $124K | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $552K | $105K | $21K | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.5M | $538K | $110K | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $713K | $178K | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $1.2M | $543K | $75K | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $482K from 8 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$882K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carole Burke (sisterhood); Marion Caplan (director); Nancy Cooperberg (president); Sharon Druker (director); Mark Merson (immediate past president); Leonard Miller (director); Stephen Fischer (treasurer); Diana Schweitzer (human resources); Ben Topor (vice president); Michael Wasser (parnass); Pylyp Zolotarov (director); Linda Kimelman (director); Carole Rubenstein Klein (director); LILI Yesovitich Nusbaum (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shaare Zedek Congregation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107972291RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.