The Song Shul
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 780073292RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($835,767) as filed with the CRA.
The Song Shul is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $786K in revenue and $836K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $145K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $71K in 2024, the largest being $50K to United Hatzalah Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $397K in 2020 to $786K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Fostering a harmonious coming together in an uplifting and positive atmosphere to celebrate jewish life with an emphasis on music
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $786K | $836K | $376K | $4,047 | $71K | $67K |
| 2023 | $734K | $703K | $367K | $5,507 | $100 | $45K |
| 2022 | $588K | $689K | $292K | $2,856 | $69K | $14K |
| 2021 | $526K | $553K | $245K | $9,072 | $500 | $115K |
| 2020 | $397K | $436K | $386K | $48K | $2,000 | $170K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $71K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $145K from 16 charities:
- The Posluns Family Foundation$40K
- Miriam And Larry Robbins Foundation$36K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,450
- Victor and Rhoda Shields Charitable Foundation$7,286
- The David and Miray Granovsky Family Foundation$5,400
- The Altree Charitable Trust$3,600
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
- The Sonshine Family Foundation$1,808
- The Atid Charitable Foundation$1,800
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,000
- S & Y Foundation$900
- Alexander E Grossman Foundation$900
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$849
- THE BRETTLER/Mintz Foundation$450
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$195K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aliza Spiro (director); Howard Orfus (director); Randolph Masters (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Song Shul’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 780073292RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.