The Kehila Jewish Day School
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 868548934RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($389,985) as filed with the CRA.
The Kehila Jewish Day School is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $418K in revenue and $390K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $164K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $302 in 2024, the largest being $198 to Hamilton Jewish Federation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $418K | $390K | $184K | $11K | $302 | -$70K |
| 2023 | $215K | $306K | $159K | — | $475 | -$97K |
| 2022 | $273K | $324K | $307K | — | $148 | $931 |
| 2021 | $300K | $307K | $297K | — | $567 | $52K |
| 2020 | $310K | $291K | $277K | $55 | $446 | $105K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $302 to 4 qualified donees:
- Hamilton Jewish Federation$198
- Na'Amat Canada Inc.$66
- Shalom Village Foundation$22
- Food4Kids Hamilton$16
Received $164K from 7 charities:
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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$302K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chelsea Margolis (co chair); Daryn Epstein (treasurer); Helen Metz (education committee); Anita Bernstein (education committee chair); Jennifer Waxman (member at large); Jennifer Holzer Sadeh (member at large); Josh Gellis (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Kehila Jewish Day School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868548934RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.