Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107534729RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,206,671) as filed with the CRA.
Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $5.4M in revenue and $5.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Community centre - provides social recreational cultural educational and religious programs for the jewish and general community in ottawa. Programs are offered all year for all ages. Programs include pre-school festivals lectures fitness swim league camps leagues and outreach.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.4M | $5.2M | $4.1M | $496K | — | $6.6M |
| 2023 | $4.8M | $4.9M | $3.9M | $350K | — | $6.5M |
| 2022 | $4M | $4.2M | $3.2M | $407K | — | $6.6M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.2M | $2.6M | — | — | $6.8M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $4M | $3M | $333K | — | $6.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 8 charities:
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$599K
- Jewish Federation of Ottawa$386K
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$78K
- Jewish Community of Ottawa Development Foundation$32K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$5,000
- The Shabinsky Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,046
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$4.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dorothy Stern (director); Michael Aronson (vice chair); Larry Hasson (treasurer); Harold Feder (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107534729RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.