The Corporation of Spanish and Portugese Jews Shearith Isr ael of Montreal
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 119228641RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,633,187) as filed with the CRA.
The Corporation of Spanish and Portugese Jews Shearith Isr ael of Montreal is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $160K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1,150 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to Centre chabad. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Synagogue (place of worship) - kiddushim events - hall events - young and youth activities - rental services - cemetery sale of burrial grounds and maintenance services - synagogue events - various programs governed by various endowment/trust funds (38 endowment and 18 trust funds all disclosed in notes to the f/s). For example torah teaching sessions high holidays youth activities etc.) - see website for more details
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.6M | $2.3M | -$2,064 | $1,150 | $5.6M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.7M | $75K | $8,927 | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $3,961 | — | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $4,235 | — | $5.7M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $61K | $860 | $5.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,150 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $160K from 11 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$79K
- The Community of Babylonian Iraqi Jews of Montréal$17K
- The Albert & Jimmy Lévy Family Foundation$15K
- Nellie Philanthropy Foundation$13K
- The Richter Charitable Foundation/la Fondation Charitable Richter$9,000
- The Richter Charitable Foundation/la Fondation Charitable Richter$9,000
- The Dany and Elyse Battat Family Foundation$8,680
- Crowe BGK Foundation$4,600
- Federation Cja$2,000
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$2,000
- The Norman Zavalkoff Family Foundation$730
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Edmond Elbaz (past president); Marc Hadid (parnass); Charles Shemie (immediate past president); Danielle Azoulay (board of trustees); Jason Fattal (board of trustees); Arlene Abitan (vice president executive); Albert Herscovitch (treasurer); Ronald Mashaal (vice president); David Gabbay (president); Joseph Amzallag (secretary); Mazal Abdulezer (member at large); Steven Gabbay (member at large); Sandra Mashaal (board of trustees); Emil Shiri (board of trustees).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Corporation of Spanish and Portugese Jews Shearith Isr ael of Montreal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119228641RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.