Torah Academy of Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 886778695RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,955,208) as filed with the CRA.
Torah Academy of Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations, 56% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $908K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions 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 $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
We provide a jewish school for junior kindergarten through grade 12. We offer a full secular program which follows the ontario curriculum to 3 hours each day of judiac subjects. We hold daily prayer (worship) services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.6M | $54K | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $74K | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $63K | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $36K | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $113K | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $908K from 8 charities:
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$761K
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$137K
- Matan Bsayser Foundation$5,000
- Trust Under the Will of Jacob Freedman Charitable Foundation$2,247
- Adarsan Tzedakah Foundation$1,800
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$360
- Canadahelps Canadon$345
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$244
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tal Scher (director); Ariel Shainbach (director); Jonah Rabinovitch (director); Michael Goldstein (director); Shimon Dashevsky (director); Hershel Caytak (director); Shifra Scher (director); Cara Kaiserman (director); Kandelshein Jonathan (director); Segal Charles (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Torah Academy of Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886778695RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.