The Museum of Jewish Montreal
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 812257731RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($924,796) as filed with the CRA.
The Museum of Jewish Montreal is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $985K in revenue and $925K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 54% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $556K.
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 44% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $456K in 2020 to $985K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The museum of jewish of montreal is an innovative place to connect with montreal's jewish life and identify share its diverse heritage and create new cultural experiences. The organization's activities include historical walking tours art and heritage exhibitions oral history collection cultural events food programming and educational fellowships. The purpose of the organization is to ensure the legacy of jewish life in montreal by educating the public and giving their visitors new ways to interact with the city's jewish past and present. Another component of our charitable program focu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $985K | $925K | $721K | $74K | — | $157K |
| 2023 | $850K | $851K | $658K | $65K | — | $97K |
| 2022 | $764K | $768K | $582K | $47K | $25K | $99K |
| 2021 | $703K | $719K | $326K | $43K | $278K | $103K |
| 2020 | $456K | $347K | $258K | $29K | — | $119K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $556K from 14 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$306K
- The Azrieli Foundation$85K
- Federation Cja$51K
- The Clematis Foundation$30K
- Shawna Goodman & Todd Sone Family Foundation$25K
- Betty Averbach Foundation$20K
- Fondation Familiale Gewurz/Gewurz Family Fondation$15K
- The Rachel and Jason Schwartz Family Foundation$9,033
- The Roel C. Buck Family Foundation Canada Inc.$5,112
- Mitzi & Mel Dobrin Family Foundation/fondation Familiale Mitzi & Mel Dobrin$5,000
- Marvin & Rhoda Rosenbloom Family Foundation$3,600
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$535
- Canadahelps Canadon$418
- Fondation Eldee-Eldee Foundation$360
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$675K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Zev Moses (executive director); Lon Dubinsky (administrator); Alyssa Wiseman (administrator); Elana Ludman (vice-president/secretary); Evan Paperman (president); Richard Martz (vice-president/treasurer); Jessica Blain-Descormiers (administrator); Olivier Wiesel (administrator); Jessica Yaffe (administrator); Andrea Engels (administrator); Gabrielle Tiven (administrator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Museum of Jewish Montreal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 812257731RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.