Ve'Ahavta
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 888042439RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($948,320) as filed with the CRA.
Ve'Ahavta is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $851K in revenue and $948K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 51 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.2M in 2020 to $851K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Ve'ahavta is a social service agency offering high-impact programs for people at risk of homelessness helping them move from instability to self-sufficiency. Our programs fill a service gap by equipping individuals not only with the supplies and services they need but also a sense of community and care that focuses on the whole person and their unique needs. Clients develop the skills and self-confidence to re-enter the workforce. We work directly both with other agencies from which we accept referrals and refer out to including those that handle housing/shelter placement healthcare leg…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $851K | $948K | $748K | $75K | — | $8.1M |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $3.5M | $2.8M | $273K | — | $8.2M |
| 2022 | $6.2M | $3.2M | $2.5M | $322K | — | $7.8M |
| 2021 | $6.2M | $2.5M | $1.9M | $180K | — | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $2.6M | $1.9M | $370K | — | $983K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1M from 51 charities:
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$223K
- La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso$125K
- The Azrieli Foundation$75K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$65K
- Robert Kerr Foundation$50K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$50K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$45K
- Canadahelps Canadon$44K
- Canadahelps Canadon$44K
- Holdbest Foundation$30K
- The Bespoke Foundation$27K
- Ray Nissan Family Foundation$27K
- Frederick and Douglas Dickson Memorial Foundation$20K
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$20K
- The Leboff Family Charitable Foundation$18K
- Toronto Foundation$17K
- The Harry E Foster Charitable Foundation$16K
- Aqueduct Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$11K
- Holy Blossom Temple$10K
- Homeless Cars$9,655
- The Firglen Foundation$6,348
- Forest Hill Lions Club$6,000
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$5,600
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$684K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Larry Zimmerman (director); Ronald Haber (chair); Norman Levine (director); Amalia Berg (director); Tom Chervinsky (director); Charles Magerman (director); Michael Fledman (director); Alan Winer (director); Tammy Glied (director); Susan Kagan (director); Amiel Blajchman (director); Kate Schatzky (director); Deborah Berlach (director); Celia Denov (director); Melissa Tobenstein (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ve'Ahavta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888042439RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.