The Shalem Foundation Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 851378455RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,073,392) as filed with the CRA.
The Shalem Foundation Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $949K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To advance education by organizing providing maintaining and supporting educational programs including classes lecture series seminars and courses to increase knowledge concerning a range of disciplines including bible archaeology philosophy jewish and western history economics literature and science. The charity carries on a charitable program which involves the translation and publication in hebrew of certain of the most enduring writings in philosophy history literature economic and social sciences ('great texts project').
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $419K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | $1M | — | — | $490K |
| 2022 | $739K | $831K | $826K | — | — | $480K |
| 2021 | $867K | $376K | $376K | — | — | $572K |
| 2020 | $748K | $788K | $786K | — | — | $81K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $949K from 9 charities:
- The Asper Foundation$414K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$269K
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$100K
- The Warren and Debbie Kimel Family Foundation$100K
- The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation$35K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Shiff Family Charitable Foundation$1,800
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$349
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Moscowitz (director); Ellen Chaikof (director vice-president); Elisa Palter (director president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Shalem Foundation Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851378455RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.