Shmuel Zahavy Cheder Chabad School
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 893401364RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,553,828) as filed with the CRA.
Shmuel Zahavy Cheder Chabad School is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 37 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $364K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $39K in 2024, the largest being $14K to CharityEx Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The charity operates a synagogue for all members of the community. The charity offers lectures and classes about the traditional heritage of judaism the state of israell and the richness of the hebrew language. The charity also maintains a religious school for children and for the training and instructions of religious scholars.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.6M | $2.4M | — | $39K | -$578K |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | $73K | -$215K |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | $1,872 | -$236K |
| 2021 | $2M | $2.2M | $2.1M | — | $360 | -$190K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | $20K | $6,646 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $39K to 9 qualified donees:
- CharityEx Foundation$14K
- Achim Toronto$7,270
- The Canadian Friends of Ohr Somayach - Tanenbaum Centre - College of Judaic Studies$5,630
- Mesivta Ohr Temimim Lubavitch$4,800
- Chabad Lubavitch of Southern Ontario$1,939
- Bais Chaya Mushkah School for Girls$1,800
- Jewish Youth Network$1,500
- Yeshivas Oholei Menachem Mendel Lubavitch$1,112
- Chaverim of the Community$670
Received $364K from 37 charities:
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$60K
- Jewish Russian Speaking Community of Toronto$29K
- The Rodov Foundation$26K
- My Charity Fund$26K
- Jewish Youth Network$21K
- B.I.G. Dov & Shprintza Foundation$19K
- Beth Joseph Chabad$18K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$17K
- BenefAction Foundation$16K
- Toronto Chesed Foundation$14K
- CharityEx Foundation$13K
- Chabad Lubavitch of Richmond Hill$12K
- Chevra Oseh Chesed Financial Assistance Organization$12K
- Agudat Chasidei Chabad-Ontario$11K
- Mesivta Ohr Temimim Lubavitch$9,132
- Chabad of Guelph$7,554
- Chabad on the Avenue$7,269
- Uptown Chabad$5,350
- Chabad Lubavitch of Aurora Inc.$5,250
- Circle of Life Charitable Foundation$5,175
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$5,000
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Mesivta Thornhill$4,000
- Yeshivas Oholei Menachem Mendel Lubavitch$3,500
- Chabad of Maple Inc.$3,035
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,99918 positions
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yeheskel Zahavy (president); Yona Shur (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shmuel Zahavy Cheder Chabad School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893401364RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.