United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 134593391RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($90,218,232) as filed with the CRA.
United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $95M in revenue and $90.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 44% from other charities. In 2024, 66 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $142.6M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 98% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $3.2M in 2024, the largest being $978K to Jewish Community Centre of Edmonton. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The charity's primary purpose is to conduct social welfare programs in canada and israel. For the most part these programs include resettlement of new immigrants student scholarships community rehabilitation projects services for the needy and infirm community centres daycare centres and programs for senior citizens.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $95M | $90.2M | $81.1M | $66K | $3.2M | $163.9M |
| 2023 | $143.4M | $54.9M | $48.1M | $104K | $1.2M | $153.1M |
| 2022 | $55.9M | $63.6M | $58.8M | $83K | $530K | $150.1M |
| 2021 | $53M | $53.1M | $44.5M | $22K | $3.8M | $150.6M |
| 2020 | $66.2M | $70.9M | $64.7M | $125K | $1.1M | $151.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.2M to 20 qualified donees:
- Jewish Community Centre of Edmonton$978K
- Hillel Ontario$613K
- United Jewish Appeal of Canada Inc$433K
- Federation Cja$369K
- The Atlantic Jewish Council$219K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$171K
- Jewish Federation of Edmonton$112K
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$86K
- Hamilton Jewish Federation$68K
- Camp Hatikvah Foundation$63K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$54K
- Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc$44K
- Jewish Federation of Ottawa$13K
- Canadian Friends of Nishmat/amis Canadiens de Nishmat$7,652
- Jias (jewish Immigrant Aid Services) Toronto$7,500
- Chabad Jewish Centre of Barrie$3,000
- Camp Agudah Muskoka$1,369
- Camp Gan Israel Ontario$1,369
- Canadian Young Judaea Scholarship Fund$1,000
- Camp Gesher$750
Received $142.6M from 66 charities:
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$86M
- Federation Cja$28.5M
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$10.7M
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$5.6M
- Calgary Jewish Federation$1.9M
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1.5M
- The Asper Foundation$1.4M
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$1.2M
- Jewish Federation of Edmonton$865K
- Binah Charitable Foundation$829K
- Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/combined Jewish Appeal Inc$563K
- The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation$335K
- United Jewish Appeal of Canada Inc$330K
- The Azrieli Foundation$270K
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$200K
- Daat Charitable Foundation$189K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$184K
- Shawna Goodman & Todd Sone Family Foundation$175K
- The Leboff Family Charitable Foundation$142K
- 1-R32 Foundation$120K
- Shawna Goodman & Todd Sone Family Foundation$113K
- The Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island Society$107K
- Daystar Television Network - Canada$100K
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$94K
- Hamilton Jewish Federation$76K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adam Joseph; Debbie Kimel; Elianne Koschitzky; Ariella Rohringer (chair); Michael Cape (treasurer); Glen Eisenberg; Mark Potechin; Candace Kwinter; Linda Kerzner.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Israel Appeal of Canada Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134593391RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.