Temple Sholom
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108067844RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,931,933) as filed with the CRA.
Temple Sholom is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $949K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 65 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Temple Sholom provides religious services and related educational activities life cycle events community support and rabbinical services. We run religious school programs and activities for youth young adults and seniors. We maintain synagogue facility and cemetery to provide burial and funeral services for members and non members.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $2.9M | $2.5M | $49K | — | $5.5M |
| 2023 | $3M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $20K | — | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $2.2M | $1.9M | $48K | — | $5M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $45K | — | $4M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.7M | $102K | — | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $949K from 16 charities:
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$375K
- The Dayhu Family Foundation$125K
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$103K
- Lutsky Family Foundation$77K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$65K
- ZLC Foundation$55K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$55K
- BenefAction Foundation$30K
- Kingsway Foundation$21K
- Vancouver Foundation$17K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$6,879
- R & J Stern Family Foundation$6,350
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,351
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$3,700
- Conam Charitable Foundation$1,900
- Canadahelps Canadon$413
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99911 positions
- $1–39,99950 positions
- Permanent full-time positions65
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melody Robens-Paradise (past president); Daniel Steiner (president); Daniel Gumprich (treasurer); Kim Werker (secretary); Jesse Halperin (director); Alan Jacobs (director); Jackie Wu Gertsman (director); David Albert (director); Amy Frankel (director); Lance Howitt (director); David Beckow (director); Maria Pontikis-Zwick (director); Mathew Levenson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Temple Sholom’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108067844RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.