The Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108085259RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($644,649) as filed with the CRA.
The Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $631K in revenue and $645K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations, 10% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $195K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $345K in 2020 to $631K in 2024.
In its own words
Archival project - the jewish historical society of british columbia ('jhs') maintains and archives historical items related to the jewish community publish historical journals assist historical research stores/ archives records and collections temporary and traveling exhibits public programming
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $631K | $645K | $279K | — | — | $610K |
| 2023 | $398K | $381K | $323K | $5,030 | — | $324K |
| 2022 | $541K | $368K | $243K | — | — | $314K |
| 2021 | $365K | $237K | $140K | — | — | -$235K |
| 2020 | $345K | $279K | $194K | — | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $195K from 15 charities:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$93K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- The Dayhu Family Foundation$18K
- ZLC Foundation$15K
- Vancouver Foundation$12K
- United Way British Columbia$6,000
- The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation$5,100
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,800
- Lutsky Family Foundation$1,800
- Kahn Foundation$1,054
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$1,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- The Zacks Family Charitable Foundation$750
- The Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island Society$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$247K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108085259RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.