Social Services and Communal Matters Fund
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 816144919RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($749,531) as filed with the CRA.
Social Services and Communal Matters Fund is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $721K in revenue and $750K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $335K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers.
It reported gifts to 21 qualified donees totalling $151K in 2024, the largest being $41K to Moral Arc Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To receive and maintain funds and to apply such funds for the purpose of providing financial assistance to impoverished families and persons in need to obtain the necessities of life.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $721K | $750K | $590K | — | $151K | $219K |
| 2023 | $843K | $824K | $654K | — | $164K | $248K |
| 2022 | $895K | $717K | $574K | — | $138K | $228K |
| 2021 | $613K | $605K | $505K | — | $94K | $50K |
| 2020 | $580K | $633K | $501K | — | $118K | $43K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $151K to 21 qualified donees:
- Moral Arc Foundation$41K
- The SET Fund$13K
- B'NAI LEVY Foundation$12K
- Shomrai Shaboth-Chevrah Mishnayoth Congregation$11K
- Toronto Chesed Foundation$11K
- Sinai Child CARE Services$10K
- Chevra Oseh Chesed Financial Assistance Organization$10K
- The Brothers of Mercy Foundation$8,500
- Kollel Daf Yomi Institute$5,750
- Community Funds for Families and Children$5,100
- Keren Ontario$4,500
- Camp Agudah Muskoka$4,350
- Ufaratsta Jewish Outreach Centre$4,200
- Kav Shalom KHM$2,125
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$2,003
- The Lamplighter Foundation$1,330
- Halacha Institute of Toronto$1,000
- Bnei Akiva Schools$1,000
- Ruchama Fraidel Relief Organization$800
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$750
- B'Nai Zion Charity Fund$610
Received $335K from 28 charities:
- The Marder Family Foundation$149K
- My Charity Fund$41K
- The Meyer and Idelle Weinstock Charitable Foundation$15K
- Shomrai Shaboth-Chevrah Mishnayoth Congregation$15K
- Gemilas Chesed of Clanton Park$14K
- The Reiter Family Foundation$13K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$13K
- Moral Arc Foundation$12K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$12K
- Eitz Chaim Schools$11K
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$8,810
- Jack and Doris Bistricer Charitable Foundation$5,100
- The B&C Zy Gezunt Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$3,100
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$3,000
- The Dan-Hytman Family Foundation$2,840
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$2,800
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$2,300
- M.D. Foundation$1,500
- Zigelbaum Family Foundation$1,500
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$1,157
- Heber Family Charitable Foundation$750
- The S. Sigler Family Charitable Foundation$500
- Zolty Charitable Foundation$500
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yaakov Felder (director/president); Aaron Messinger (director/treasurer); Mark Fuerst (director/secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Social Services and Communal Matters Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816144919RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.