The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba
Public foundation · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119239317RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
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
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net 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.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $8.7M to 486 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc$631K
- Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre Foundation Inc.$561K
- Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc$477K
- Jewish National Fund$400K
- Jewish Community Campus of Winnipeg Inc.$360K
- Jewish Child and Family Service$306K
- The Congregation Shaarey Zedek$200K
- Congregation Etz Chayim$155K
- Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education Inc.$145K
- Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc$143K
- The Congregation Shaarey Zedek$138K
- Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada Inc.$137K
- Y.m.h.a. Jewish Community Centre of Winnipeg Inc.$124K
- Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc$120K
- Jewish Child and Family Service$115K
- Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education Inc.$102K
- Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc$100K
- The Congregation Shaarey Zedek$100K
- United Way of Winnipeg$95K
- Y.m.h.a. Jewish Community Centre of Winnipeg Inc.$83K
- Jewish Community Campus of Winnipeg Inc.$75K
- Les Amis Canadiens de l'Université de Tel Aviv Inc. CanadianFriends of Tel Aviv University Inc.$73K
- Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre Foundation Inc.$71K
- Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc$70K
- Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education Inc.$68K
Received $1.3M from 24 charities:
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$915K
- The Asper Foundation$94K
- BenefAction Foundation$72K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$39K
- Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism$38K
- Samuel and Anna Lazareck Foundation Inc.$37K
- Wellington West Foundation Inc.$36K
- WCPD Foundation$28K
- The Sharp Foundation$18K
- The Elizabeth and Tony Comper Foundation$18K
- Misericordia Health Centre Foundation Inc.$12K
- Morley And Rita Cohen Foundation /Fondation Morley Et Rita Cohen$5,000
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$5,000
- The Winnipeg Foundation$3,425
- Lawton Partners Charitable Giving Foundation Inc.$1,500
- Estelle and Iser Kay Family Foundation Inc.$1,000
- The Ernst Hansch Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Followers of Christ Fellowship Inc.$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$693
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$602
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$360
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$250
- White Rose Foundation Inc.$100
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$59
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.