The Jewish Connection: Kesher Yisrael
Charitable organization · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 738890888RR0001 · Judaism · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($239,465) as filed with the CRA.
The Jewish Connection: Kesher Yisrael is a charitable organization based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $266K in revenue and $239K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 39% from other charities. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $59K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $15K in 2024, the largest being $7,500 to Technology Awareness Group Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $47K in 2021 to $266K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To advance and teach the religious tenets doctrines observances and culture associated with the jewish orthodox faith
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $266K | $239K | $197K | — | $15K | $21K |
| 2023 | $238K | $187K | $93K | — | $72K | $19K |
| 2022 | $386K | $382K | $311K | — | $5,600 | -$32K |
| 2021 | $47K | $82K | $33K | — | — | -$35K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $15K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $59K from 27 charities:
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$10K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$7,500
- Zolty Charitable Foundation$7,500
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$5,400
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$5,000
- Fieldgate Cares Foundation$4,000
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$3,600
- My Charity Fund$3,506
- The Rothschild Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Moral Arc Foundation$1,475
- The Estaron Foundation$1,250
- The Weitz Family Foundation$1,080
- J.frankel Family Charitable Trust$1,000
- Schofam Charitable Foundation$1,000
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Mitzvah Charity Fund$860
- The Ryf Charitable Trust$750
- The Thomas Hofstedter Family Foundation$360
- The GRA Charitable Trust$180
- The Anisfeld Charitable Trust$150
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$100
- The Matlow Family Charitable Trust$100
- Maaser Charitable Trust$100
- Hadover Foundation$72
- Chabad Lubavitch of Richmond Hill$54
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Moshe Goldman (director); Shmuel Aron Kleiner (director); Avraham Oberstein (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Jewish Connection: Kesher Yisrael’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 738890888RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.