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Jewish Services Canada-Chabad

Charitable organizationSupport of religion·770 CHABAD GATE · THORNHILL, ON · L4J 3V9·BN 758800536RR0001

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

a. To relieve poverty by providing basic necessities of life including food clothing and/or shelter to current and ex-inmates in need and to their families and dependents who are of low income. b. To advance religion by teaching the religious tenets doctrines and observances associated with the Jewish faith to current inmates of correctional facilities across Canada and to their families and household members. c. To advance religion by preaching the teachings and religious tenets doctrines and observances associated with the Jewish faith to the Canadian public. d. To advance rel Show more

a. To relieve poverty by providing basic necessities of life including food clothing and/or shelter to current and ex-inmates in need and to their families and dependents who are of low income. b. To advance religion by teaching the religious tenets doctrines and observances associated with the Jewish faith to current inmates of correctional facilities across Canada and to their families and household members. c. To advance religion by preaching the teachings and religious tenets doctrines and observances associated with the Jewish faith to the Canadian public. d. To advance religion by holding Jewish worship services on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays and providing Jewish pastoral care to inmates in penitentiaries across Canada. e. To assist persons in coping with the effects of substance abuse by offering education and counselling and by establishing mutual support groups. f. To advance education by providing publicly available scholarships bursaries and other forms of financial assistance to inmates and their family members who are in need to be used for elementary secondary and postsecondary education. g. To promote health by providing individuals with mental health issues with access to related counselling information or group support programs. h. To promote health by providing medical treatment funding for low-income individuals in Canada for healthcare services not covered by government health insurance plans. i. To relieve poverty by providing legal assistance for individuals in need who are being criminally prosecuted or who are already incarcerated. j. To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom from time to time to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada). k. To undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purposes.

New programs

NONE

Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗

Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)

From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

72¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 72¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

28%

Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.

T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

Years current reserves could cover program spending.

Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

Share of revenue from receipted donations.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.

T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Over the years

Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 20212024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2021-12-31$10K70¢30%
2022-12-31$6K72¢28%
2023-12-31$15K47¢53%
2024-12-3172¢28%
trend

From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

Board of directors

3 directors reported · 3 of 3at arm's length

  • CSILLAG, MICHAELDIRECTORarm's length
  • REZNICK, YOSEF-YITSCHOKDIRECTORarm's length
  • GANSBURG, YOSEFDIRECTORarm's length

From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗

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