Yeshiva Gedolah l'Ecole d'Etudes Superieures de Montreal/yesshiva Gedolah the School of Higher Learning of Montreal
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 108225178RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,832,094) as filed with the CRA.
Yeshiva Gedolah l'Ecole d'Etudes Superieures de Montreal/yesshiva Gedolah the School of Higher Learning of Montreal is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, 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 $6M in revenue and $5.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 28% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 47 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $290K in 2024, the largest being $269K to Kollel Yisroel Dovid. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The charity opertes a school for jewish children
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $5.8M | $4.5M | — | $290K | -$2M |
| 2023 | $5.1M | $5.5M | $5M | $187K | — | -$2.1M |
| 2022 | $5M | $5.3M | $4.8M | $230K | — | -$1.7M |
| 2021 | $5M | $5M | $4.8M | $99K | — | -$1.4M |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $4.9M | $3.8M | $133K | — | -$1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $290K to 4 qualified donees:
- Kollel Yisroel Dovid$269K
- Beth Jacob de Rav Hirschprung School$14K
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$5,000
- College Beth Jacob pour les Enseignants Inc./beth Jacob Teac$1,450
Received $1.3M from 47 charities:
- Federation Cja$347K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$262K
- Vinegar Family Foundation$110K
- Salzberg Family Foundation$107K
- The Hochstadter Family Foundation$91K
- Shmilu and Sari Rosenberg Foundation$51K
- Hewitt Foundation$40K
- Gad and Sandra Bitton Family Foundation$33K
- Be'Ad Ameinu$27K
- Philip and Hannah Reichmann Family Foundation$22K
- Zichron David and Pesie Grunberger Fund$21K
- Rosenberg Family Foundation$21K
- College Beth Jacob pour les Enseignants Inc./beth Jacob Teachers' College Inc.$19K
- Hatzolas Yisroel D'Arizal$17K
- The David and Judy Rothschild Charitable Foundation$14K
- Communauté Sepharade Unifiée du Québec$10K
- The Yg Foundation$10K
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$10K
- The Azrieli Foundation$10K
- The Shrage Zimmerman Memorial Fund$10K
- Universal Educational Institute of Canada$5,000
- The B&C Zy Gezunt Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Heitner Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Charité Tzedakah Montréal / Charity Tzedakah Montréal$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,99921 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions30
- Total compensation, all staff$3.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yehuda Pfeiffer (trésorier); Hershey Friedman (administrateur); David Rothschild (président); Meyer Salzberg (vice président); Eli Hershkovits (administrateur); Nitanel Deitcher (administrateur); Yona Bauman (secrétaire); Dovid Hewitt (administrateur); Yaakov Labowitz (administrateur); Yisroel Besser (administrateur); Eli Bernholtz (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Yeshiva Gedolah l'Ecole d'Etudes Superieures de Montreal/yesshiva Gedolah the School of Higher Learning of Montreal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108225178RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.