The Jewish Theological Society of Canada
Publicly funded institution · North York, Ontario · BN 107535007RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($7,221,764) as filed with the CRA.
The Jewish Theological Society of Canada is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $8M in revenue and $7.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $926K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $505K in 2024, the largest being $505K to The Jewish Theological Seminary. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.5M in 2020 to $8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Operate a summer camp for the benefit of adults and school aged children providing daily formal and informal classes to each camper. 2. Provide subsidies and other financial assistance to those who could not otherwise be able to attend camp. There is a six week program for developmentally handicapped children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8M | $7.2M | $5M | — | $505K | $6.3M |
| 2023 | $5.8M | $6.3M | $4.6M | — | $204K | $5.5M |
| 2022 | $5.5M | $5.8M | $4.2M | — | $222K | $6M |
| 2021 | $4.8M | $4.6M | $3.1M | — | $236K | $6.3M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $1.3M | — | $207K | $6.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $505K to 1 qualified donee:
- The Jewish Theological Seminary$505K
Received $926K from 28 charities:
- The Azrieli Foundation$190K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$147K
- Cidel Foundation$125K
- Canada Gives$88K
- The Atid Charitable Foundation$54K
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$44K
- The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation$37K
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$30K
- Shawna Goodman & Todd Sone Family Foundation$25K
- Cidel Foundation$25K
- Beth Tzedec Congregation$21K
- Shawna Goodman & Todd Sone Family Foundation$21K
- Shawna Goodman & Todd Sone Family Foundation$20K
- Brookfield Partners Foundation$19K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$17K
- The Warren and Debbie Kimel Family Foundation$17K
- Fondation Familiale Gewurz/Gewurz Family Fondation$16K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$7,740
- The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation$5,000
- Shawna Goodman & Todd Sone Family Foundation$4,150
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,600
- Beth David B'Nai Israel Beth Am$3,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,325
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1,980
- BenefAction Foundation$630
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Clare Peeters; Harold Wolfe (second vice president); Baruch Frydman-Kohl (secretary); Marc Gary (secretary/treasurer); Daniel Nevins; Joshua Charlat; Rubin Schwartz.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Jewish Theological Society of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107535007RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.