The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES)
Charitable organizationEducational organizations (n.e.c.)·897 KENZIE STREET · OTTAWA, ON · K1Z 7S2·BN 771126331RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Development and delivery of educational programs and events in recognition of International Holocaust Day and Yom Ha’shoah expanding Zikaron Basalon program. Developing virtual presentations for Holocaust survivors and descendants. The development of educational hands-on material for high school teachers regarding the Holocaust including interviews with survivors. Offering year-round programming in the community and schools designed to combat prejudice and racism and promote respect for diversity social justice and human rights in our region.
New programs
Through Their Eyes is an educational project. With rising antisemitism in schools young people must have a better understanding of the past to play a role in shaping the future of a free and just society. Through Their Eyes project will enable descendants of Holocaust survivors to continue the work done until now by the survivors and expanding the reach of their message digitally with shorter videos and social media posts. Launching the interactive bilingual and virtual National Holocaust Monument IWalk application. Developing a teachers' workshop about the NHM IWalk app. Working on an Anti-H… Show more
Through Their Eyes is an educational project. With rising antisemitism in schools young people must have a better understanding of the past to play a role in shaping the future of a free and just society. Through Their Eyes project will enable descendants of Holocaust survivors to continue the work done until now by the survivors and expanding the reach of their message digitally with shorter videos and social media posts. Launching the interactive bilingual and virtual National Holocaust Monument IWalk application. Developing a teachers' workshop about the NHM IWalk app. Working on an Anti-Hate multimedia project to reduce hate crime in Ottawa. Preparing to celebrate our 10-year anniversary this November with a professional video presentation.
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)79¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 79¢ 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)21%
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)7.7 yr
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)$226K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)36%
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)0%
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, 2020–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | $7K | — | — | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $146K | 92¢ | 8% | 4.6 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $93K | 83¢ | 17% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $155K | 94¢ | 6% | 1.9 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $226K | 79¢ | 21% | 7.7 yr |
| 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
7 directors reported · 7 of 7at arm's length
- ROBERTSON, SHEILA HDIRECTORarm's length
- BIMMAN, ABIGAILDIRECTORarm's length
- COHN, MINADIRECTORarm's length
- FRIED, ZOLTANTREASURERarm's length
- Wilczynski, ArthurDirectorarm's length
- Goodwin, Kara KDirectorarm's length
- Novick, Alyssa RDirectorarm'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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