The Jewish Social Services of Hamilton Inc.
Charitable organization · Dundas, Ontario · BN 866265192RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($796,637) as filed with the CRA.
The Jewish Social Services of Hamilton Inc. is a charitable organization based in Dundas, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $847K in revenue and $797K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 16% from government, 50% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $737K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $514K in 2020 to $847K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Hamilton jewish family services provides a full range of social services to meet the demands of the changing needs of our local jewish community in hamilton. This includes mental health counselling financial assistance and food bank.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $847K | $797K | $557K | $52K | — | -$38K |
| 2023 | $844K | $916K | $735K | $26K | — | -$72K |
| 2022 | $750K | $750K | $264K | — | $328K | $5,005 |
| 2021 | $662K | $416K | $246K | — | — | $3,718 |
| 2020 | $514K | $266K | $246K | — | — | $4,523 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $737K from 10 charities:
- Hamilton Jewish Federation$395K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$201K
- Greater Hamilton Food Share$74K
- Canada Gives$30K
- The Herb and Cece Schreiber Family Foundation$13K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,850
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$4,100
- Mazon Canada$4,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$66
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$333K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carol Adler (member at large); Gord Garshowitz (member at large); Laura Herman-Shefter (member at large); Adrian Jaspen (member at large); Geraldine Katz (member at large); Cindy Mark (chair); Greg Matusovsky (treasurer); Iris Rinkoff (member at large); Clareta Schoenberg (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Jewish Social Services of Hamilton Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866265192RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.