The Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science
Public foundation · Westmount, Quebec · BN 130930092RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($24,998,433) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science is a public foundation based in Westmount, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $21.7M in revenue and $25M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 83% from other charities. In 2024, 46 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6.4M.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $21.3M in 2024, the largest being $21.3M to Weizmann Institute of Science. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
The society 1. Organizes and coordinates science educational programs; 2. Organizes science related lectures; and 3. Raises funds for basic and applied scientific research in canada and isreal.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21.7M | $25M | — | $496K | $21.3M | $9M |
| 2023 | $36.9M | $33.2M | — | $136K | $30.2M | $12.3M |
| 2022 | $26.4M | $27.4M | — | $362K | $24.5M | $8.6M |
| 2021 | $10.9M | $10.3M | — | $94K | $8M | $9.6M |
| 2020 | $23.3M | $21.1M | — | $229K | $18.6M | $9.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21.3M to 1 qualified donee:
- Weizmann Institute of Science$21.3M
Received $6.4M from 46 charities:
- The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation$4.3M
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$750K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$526K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$383K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$73K
- Irving and Molly Levins Foundation$48K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$35K
- Sam Ousher Switzer Charitable Foundation$25K
- Canada Gives$23K
- Vancouver Foundation$20K
- Adolph Isaac Cosiner Estate$18K
- The Willie and Mildred Fleischer Charitable Foundation$10K
- Pacific Nuclear Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Dani Reiss Foundation$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- Apricus Foundation/Fondation Apricus$10K
- Silver Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- Emerald Foundation$10K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$8,400
- Aqueduct Foundation$7,500
- The Mireille and Murray Steinberg Family Foundation/La Fondation de la Famille Mireille et Muuray Steinberg$6,000
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$5,292
- Moez & Marissa Kassam Foundation$5,000
- Conam Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeff Goldfarb (treasurer); Joanne Nemeroff (secretary); Anne-Marie Boucher (director); Francie Klein (vice chair); Stan Magidson (director); Arthur Slutsky (director); Gareth Witten (director); Harvey Sands (director); Laurent Amar (director); Zachary Schwartz (director); Stephen Bear (director); Rose Geist (director); Valeria Rosenbloom (director); Cory Goldberg (director); Richard Reitman (director); Wendy Posluns (director); Darlene Switzer-Foster (director); Moria Stilwell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130930092RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.