The Yad Ezer Fund
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 767403348RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,611,137) as filed with the CRA.
The Yad Ezer Fund is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 66% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $17K in 2024, the largest being $15K to Kolel of Congregation Chaside Belz Umachzike Hadasz. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2021 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity assists families in need by providing them with basic necessities such as food and clothes with the utmost level of dignity and discretion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.6M | $2.6M | $23K | $17K | $63K |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.3M | $17K | $9,350 | $414K |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $2.4M | $18K | $7,800 | $344K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1M | $998K | $9,030 | $11K | $168K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $17K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $1M from 26 charities:
- Chevrah Mesamchei Lev$178K
- Federation Cja$141K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$123K
- CDRB / Kehal Machzikei Hadas Belz / KMHB$75K
- Communauté Zerah Yakov$71K
- The Micha Life Foundation$62K
- Eizer Mordechai$51K
- Rosenberg Family Foundation$51K
- Fischman Family Foundation$36K
- Institution Viznitz / Viznitz Institution$33K
- Kahal Chasidim Montréal (KCM)$26K
- Agudath Israel of Montreal Inc$26K
- Sephardic Kollel Avrechim foundation$23K
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$21K
- Maharam Tav Fund$18K
- Congregation Reshith Chochma First Mesifta of Canada$18K
- Institut Kollel Noam Eliezer$17K
- Congrégation Charidem$17K
- Avreichim Torah Institute$12K
- Congregation Eitz Chaim$10K
- Congrégation Trisk$7,125
- Mifalei Chaim Bechesed (MCB)$6,585
- Zichron David and Pesie Grunberger Fund$5,000
- Synagogue Keser Torah inc. / Keser Torah Synagogue inc.$3,750
- Congregation Sheves Achim$212
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shraga Brecher (vice-president); Martin Rosenberg (president); Abraham Wercberger (administrator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Yad Ezer Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 767403348RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.