Shaarei Shomayim Congregation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119147072RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,970,720) as filed with the CRA.
Shaarei Shomayim Congregation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $401K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 25 names.
In its own words
To provide facilities in which religious observances may be followed.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $3M | $2.9M | — | — | $4.8M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.9M | $2.8M | — | — | $5M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $5.4M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $5.8M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | — | $5.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $401K from 33 charities:
- Cidel Foundation$100K
- The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation$60K
- Moral Arc Foundation$49K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$40K
- Canadian Friends of Yeshivath Beth Abraham Jerusalem$21K
- The Nusbaum Family Charitable Foundation$20K
- The Emmet Foundation$13K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$9,658
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,255
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$8,000
- Conam Charitable Foundation$7,950
- Cidel Foundation$7,500
- Shiff Family Charitable Foundation$6,200
- Krauss Family Charitable Trust$5,366
- Yaflo Charitable Trust$5,059
- My Charity Fund$5,018
- Sacks Family Foundation$4,116
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$4,000
- Yeshivas Limudei Hashem Society$3,679
- The Aulis Charitable Foundation$3,606
- The C & J Jakubovic Family Charitable Trust$3,200
- The Koenig Family Foundation$3,200
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,983
- ZLC Foundation$2,800
- The E Foundation$2,380
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jonathan Ostro (immediate past president); Yaakov Goldrich (first vice president); Lori Disenhouse (second vice president); Brian Cantor (advisory council); Farokh Hakimi (director); Miriam Bessin (director); Louis Vandersluis (gabbai); Nathalie Gans (director); Tamar Arje-Lechtman (treasurer); Elianne Koschitzky (secretary); Zev Gasner (director); Sara Lass (director); Sholom Elisenstat (director); David Nadler (director); Abigail Romberg (director); Erez Rubinstein (director); Steven Strauss (director); Mendy Maierovitz (president); Ted Shoub (director); Zahava Stadler (director); Florence Weinberger (director); Jesse Tepperman (director); Brian Schwartz (director); Rachel Shour (director); Akyva Spiegel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shaarei Shomayim Congregation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119147072RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.