The Canadian Friends of Ohr Somayach - Tanenbaum Centre - College of Judaic Studies
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 129129227RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,682,392) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Friends of Ohr Somayach - Tanenbaum Centre - College of Judaic Studies is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $4.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 84% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.4M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $6.3M in 2020 to $4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Provide facilities leadership & guidance in the marking of life-cyle events -provide rabbinic and spiritual guidance through pastoral counseling religious law advice and education -provide religious educational opportunities aimed at inspiring and growing an individuals's engagement with judaism -administer youth programs aimed at enhancing the jewish lives of members & local area residents from early childhood programs through adolescents. -foster community by facilitating visits to the sick & elderly providing meals to new mothers and bereaved relatives & welcoming new residents into …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $4.7M | $4.5M | $46K | — | $19.5M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $3.6M | $3.4M | $35K | $15K | $20.2M |
| 2022 | $8.8M | $3.9M | $3.4M | $30K | $474K | $22.5M |
| 2021 | $5.4M | $6.2M | $5.9M | $7,554 | $121K | $17.6M |
| 2020 | $6.3M | $7.6M | $7.2M | $3,252 | $30K | $18.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3.4M from 20 charities:
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$3.2M
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$70K
- SDV Family Foundation$45K
- Abraham Bleeman Foundation$30K
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$20K
- The Nusbaum Family Charitable Foundation$16K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- The Koenig Family Foundation$10K
- Matan Bsayser Foundation$9,105
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$6,000
- Shmuel Zahavy Cheder Chabad School$5,630
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$5,000
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$3,419
- Forest Hill Jewish Centre$2,480
- The Matlow Family Charitable Trust$500
- The Jewish Connection: Kesher Yisrael$500
- The Mark Mandelbaum Family Foundation$180
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$140
- Dor2Dor Charitable Foundation$100
- The D. Spigelman Charitable Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$350K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jack Feintuch (director); John Kaplan (director); Julie Kaplan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Friends of Ohr Somayach - Tanenbaum Centre - College of Judaic Studies’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129129227RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.