Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba

Public foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119239317RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website

Your $100, itemizedThe Jewish Foundation of ManitobaFiscal year ended December 31, 2024
Gifts to other charities$79
Management & admin$16
Charitable programs$2
Fundraising$2
Other$1
TOTAL$100
Registered

Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,047,972) as filed with the CRA.

The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba is a public foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $33.1M in revenue and $11M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.

Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.

As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 486 qualified donees totalling $8.7M in 2024, the largest being $631K to Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11.3M in 2020 to $33.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.

In its own words

The jewish foundation of manitoba is the jewish community's endowment fund. The foundation which is independent of other community organizations operates under the mandate to receive capital gifts to be held in perpetuity. These gifts are invested; the annual income therefrom distributed back to the local community in the form of grants and educational awards. Donor-recommended distributions are also provided on a local provincial and national level to various charities including canadian 'friends of' charities supporting charitable activity in israel. The foundation's distributions suppor…

Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.

The ledger, 2020–2024

YearRevenueSpendingProgramsFundraisingGifts outNet assets
2024$33.1M$11M$196K$257K$8.7M$174.4M
2023$21M$8.9M$217K$398K$8.9M$150.5M
2022$26.6M$8.2M$188K$218K$5.7M$136.9M
2021$22.8M$7.8M$170K$271K$5.4M$152.8M
2020$11.3M$7.8M$196K$254K$5.7M$138.7M

Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.

Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024

Held at year end$186.4M$186,373,976 in total assets
Given away$8.7Mto 486 charities
That is4.7%of what it holds
Where the money came from
  • Investment income$17,603,093
  • Receipted donations$9,020,937
  • From other charities$1,606,885
  • Other gifts$147,476
  • Other income$25,362

This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.

Money between charities, 2024

Granted $8.7M to 486 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:

Full grant ledger — all 486 grants

Received $1.3M from 24 charities:

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
  • $160,000–199,9991 position
  • $80,000–119,9993 positions
  • $40,000–79,9997 positions
  • Permanent full-time positions12
  • Total compensation, all staff$1.4M

Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.

Directors & trustees (2024)

Bonnie Cham (past-chair); Dafna Shore (vice chair); Dan Blankstein (chair); Lainey Bokhaut; Bruce Caplan (treasurer); Svetlana Chechelnitsky; Leah Craven; Laura Diamond; Sharon Goszer-Tritt; Uri Kraut (member at large); Daniel Levin; Chloë McComb; Alex Serebnitski; Russell Olivson; Paula Parks (ex-officio).

As listed on its 2024 return.

Check the source

Every figure on this page is from The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119239317RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.