The Micha Life Foundation
Private foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 838057636RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($901,834) as filed with the CRA.
The Micha Life Foundation is a private foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $6.3M in revenue and $902K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 37 qualified donees totalling $839K in 2024, the largest being $210K to Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1) to releive poverty by providing food and other basic necessities of life to not-for-profit institutions for the benefit of individuals or families who are in need; 2) to advance education by providing scholarships bursaries and other forms of financial assistance to not-for-profit educational institutions for the benefit of the students pursuing talmudic studies; 3) to advance education through the provision of educational material and equipment to not-for-profit educational institutions for the benefit of the students; 4) to gift funds to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.3M | $902K | — | — | $899K | $14M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.7M | $8.6M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $2.9M | — | — | $2.9M | $8.9M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $6.5M | — | — | $6.4M | $8.6M |
| 2020 | $8M | $71K | — | — | $70K | $13.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $839K to 37 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$210K
- Yam Hatalmud Foundation$150K
- Canadian Friends of Mishon La'Choleh$150K
- Rosenberg Family Foundation$100K
- The Yad Ezer Fund$62K
- Menucha Vesimcha$35K
- Congregation Belz$28K
- Refuah V'Chesed$26K
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$14K
- Kolel of Congregation Chaside Belz Umachzike Hadasz$11K
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$8,000
- Tomchei Shabbos of Montreal$7,500
- Institution Tashbar$5,000
- Congrégation et Yechiva Zera Kodesh$5,000
- Moral Arc Foundation$5,000
- Beth Jacob de Rav Hirschprung School$3,500
- Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar$2,730
- Canadian Friends of Ateres Bunos$2,500
- Institution Viznitz / Viznitz Institution$2,000
- L'École Beth Tziporah$1,680
- Synagogue Keser Torah inc. / Keser Torah Synagogue inc.$1,500
- Canadian Friends of Igud Wiznitz$1,250
- Mifalei Chaim Bechesed (MCB)$1,000
- Congrégation Des Livres Saints/Kolel Torah V'yirah$1,000
- Canadian Friends of Beth Joseph Zvi$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Rosenberg (director); Chanie Landau (director); Mark B. Rosenberg (director); Thomas Rosenberg (director); Joseph Feldheim (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Micha Life Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838057636RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.