Vancouver Hebrew Academy Society
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 870417664RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,192,375) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Hebrew Academy Society is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, 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 $1.4M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 20% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $539K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
School for boys and girls from preschool to grade 9
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $13K | — | -$823K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $20K | — | -$68K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $33K | — | $517K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.3M | $1,071 | — | $804K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.2M | $3,654 | — | $836K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $539K from 17 charities:
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$202K
- Diamond Foundation$100K
- Kahn Foundation$100K
- Sacks Family Foundation$22K
- ZLC Foundation$19K
- Lohn Foundation$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$10K
- Marsid Family Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- Belzberg Family Foundation$10K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$9,759
- Canada Gives$7,200
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$5,500
- My Charity Fund$700
- Vancouver Foundation$500
- The Chaim Zbar Foundation$350
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 positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Berger (vice-president); Tutsi Herschler (member at large); Ginaya Peters (member at large); Earl Krieger (treasurer); Rachael Lewinski (member at large); Yiska Tsitsuashvili (member at large); Rafi Arazi (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Hebrew Academy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870417664RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.