Yeshivas Limudei Hashem Society
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 892835737RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($163,136) as filed with the CRA.
Yeshivas Limudei Hashem Society is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported -$3.4M in revenue and $163K in expenditures.
In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,342.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $129K in 2024, the largest being $83K to Netivot Hatorah Day School. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to -$3.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity raised funds which were used during the year to provide various religious programs for adults in the area of judaism. The charity also carried out additionals programs through contributions to other qualified donnees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -$3.4M | $163K | $34K | — | $129K | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $447K | $314K | — | $118K | $5.9M |
| 2022 | -$111K | $644K | $418K | — | $225K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $3M | $656K | $166K | — | $335K | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $487K | $328K | — | $294K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $129K to 8 qualified donees:
Received $4,342 from 12 charities:
- The F&R Hauer Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Zichron Binyomin Charity Foundation$810
- The Friedberg Charitable Foundation$500
- Linas Tzedek Charitable Foundation$360
- The Chaim Moshe Friedman Memorial Fund$360
- My Charity Fund$360
- The George Hofstedter Family Foundation$275
- Schofam Charitable Foundation$200
- The Thomas Hofstedter Family Foundation$180
- Nathan & Shani Bleeman Charitable Foundation$180
- Abarbanel Eiger Charitable Foundation$100
- Canadahelps Canadon$17
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$154K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andy Rechtshaffen (director); Jonathan Ostroff (director); Yonatan Colman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Yeshivas Limudei Hashem Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892835737RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.