The Toronto Sephardic Kollel
Charitable organization · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 781810312RR0001 · Judaism
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,983,878) as filed with the CRA.
The Toronto Sephardic Kollel is a charitable organization based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under judaism. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 40 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $649K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $110K in 2024, the largest being $45K to Yismah Moshe Hevraj Pinto Charitable Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $662K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To establish maintain and support a house of worship with services conducted in accordance with the jewish faith. To establish maintain and operate a rel igious school of instruction and organoze provide maintain and support e ducational programs including classes lecture series seminars and courses.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | $1.3M | — | $110K | $476K |
| 2023 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | $56K | $414K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | $70K | $165K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1M | $980K | — | $108K | $429K |
| 2020 | $662K | $662K | $637K | — | $37K | $60K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $110K to 7 qualified donees:
- Yismah Moshe Hevraj Pinto Charitable Society$45K
- Ohr Chaya Charitable Organization$27K
- Kesser Torah$26K
- Achim Toronto$8,560
- Tiferes Bais Yaakov$2,000
- Meginei Chana Association of Toronto$1,230
- Moral Arc Foundation$180
Received $649K from 40 charities:
- J & J Bitton Family Charitable Foundation$178K
- The Koenig Family Foundation$72K
- Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora$51K
- The Koenig Family Foundation$50K
- Yismah Moshe Hevraj Pinto Charitable Society of Ontario$47K
- The Mesora Charitable Foundation$30K
- The Gross Family Foundation$29K
- The Meyer and Idelle Weinstock Charitable Foundation$20K
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$20K
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$19K
- The B&C Zy Gezunt Charitable Foundation$18K
- Ohr Chaya Charitable Organization$17K
- Mashiyev Family Foundation$12K
- My Charity Fund$10K
- Abraham Bleeman Foundation$10K
- The Jewish Legacy Charitable Foundation$10K
- Bais Yaakov Elementary School$8,550
- Everlight Charitable Foundation$5,500
- Chevra Oseh Chesed Financial Assistance Organization$5,000
- The Marble Arch Foundation Corp.$4,000
- The S. Sigler Family Charitable Foundation$3,690
- Rayjo Charitable Trust$3,600
- The Aulis Charitable Foundation$3,600
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$3,500
- Kav Shalom KHM$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Levi Arouch (director); Eliyahu Zrihen (director); Menahem Azulay (director); Yosef Oziel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Toronto Sephardic Kollel’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 781810312RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.