Shoresh Jewish Environmental Programs
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 853353613RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($247,429) as filed with the CRA.
Shoresh Jewish Environmental Programs 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 $294K in revenue and $247K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $173K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
A jewish organization with a mission to promote ecological awareness. Build community bonds and encourage environment stewardship. Activities include: environment school programs environmental synagogue programs and community events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $294K | $247K | $220K | — | — | $364K |
| 2023 | $436K | $477K | $437K | — | — | $318K |
| 2022 | $377K | $416K | $378K | — | — | $359K |
| 2021 | $348K | $291K | $268K | — | — | $399K |
| 2020 | $290K | $204K | $186K | — | — | $341K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $173K from 15 charities:
- Toronto Foundation$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- Emerald Foundation$20K
- The Azrieli Foundation$10K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$8,810
- The Emmet Foundation$5,000
- Emerald Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,786
- Binah Charitable Foundation$4,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$4,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1,800
- Makeway Foundation$1,800
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$150
- The Annex Shul$18
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$188K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexandra Kuperman (director); Adam Beder (director); Leemor Valin (director); Shimona Petroff (treasurer); Karen Chisvin (secretary); Ran Goel (chair); Ariel Freiman (director); April Rosenblum (director); Jonathan Moneta (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shoresh Jewish Environmental Programs’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853353613RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.