VMM Zichron Chaim Charity
Public foundation · Montreal, Quebec · BN 735511925RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($27,374,271) as filed with the CRA.
VMM Zichron Chaim Charity is a public foundation based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $28.4M in revenue and $27.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 119 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.7M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 69 qualified donees totalling $950K in 2024, the largest being $109K to Mifalei Chaim Bechesed (MCB). Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $28.4M | $27.4M | $26.2M | — | $950K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $23.8M | $24.6M | $23.5M | — | $1.1M | $601K |
| 2022 | $26.9M | $27.6M | $25.9M | — | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $22.8M | $21.8M | $20.4M | — | $1.3M | $2M |
| 2020 | $19.3M | $19.6M | $18.7M | — | $832K | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $950K to 69 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Mifalei Chaim Bechesed (MCB)$109K
- Academie Porat Yosef$72K
- Académie Yéshiva Yavné$69K
- College Beth Jacob pour les Enseignants Inc./beth Jacob Teachers' College Inc.$68K
- Congregation Reshith Chochma First Mesifta of Canada$55K
- Sephardic Kollel Avrechim foundation$53K
- Beth Rivka Academy$51K
- Refuah V'Chesed$37K
- Synagogue Keser Torah inc. / Keser Torah Synagogue inc.$28K
- Beth Esther Academy Inc.$28K
- Academie Hebraique Inc./ Hebrew Academy Inc.$28K
- École Études Talmudiques Beth Yosef Meir$25K
- École Maimonide$23K
- Ecole Premiere Mesifta du Canada$19K
- Rabbinical College of Canada$18K
- Congrégation Kol Yaacov$17K
- Bikur Cholim$16K
- Viznitz Montréal Centre / Viznitz Montréal Center$14K
- The Chai Centre$13K
- Shomrim Laboker Beth Yehudah Congregation & Affiliated Congregation Shaare Tefilah$13K
- Congrégation Charidem$12K
- Institut CBM$12K
- Congregation Yeshiva Gedola$12K
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$11K
- Tomchei Shabbos of Montreal$10K
Received $5.7M from 119 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1.3M
- Fischman Family Foundation$676K
- Institut CBM$310K
- Sephardic Kollel Avrechim foundation$304K
- The Shrage Zimmerman Memorial Fund$261K
- Kingsley Charitable Foundation$260K
- Rosenberg Family Foundation$222K
- Caisse Beth Yossef$185K
- Ezras Menachem Avrohom Loan Fund$158K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$146K
- College Beth Jacob pour les Enseignants Inc./beth Jacob Teachers' College Inc.$137K
- T.o.r.a. Institute$99K
- Sabel Family Foundation$93K
- École juive sepharadic/The sepharadic cheder$86K
- ACH Foundation$74K
- The Fay Holocaust Life Foundation$69K
- Mehaduras Friedman Foundation$68K
- The George Kohn Charitable Foundation$68K
- The David and Judy Rothschild Charitable Foundation$68K
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$61K
- Centre chabad$58K
- Shmilu and Sari Rosenberg Foundation$57K
- Aqueduct Foundation$54K
- Jewish Education Program$39K
- My Charity Fund$36K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yidel Beck (president); Henya Wieder (secretary-treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from VMM Zichron Chaim Charity’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 735511925RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.