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
Cents to cause T1
79¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
21%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
7.7 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$226K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES)?
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Is The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 771126331RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 897 KENZIE STREET, OTTAWA, ON, K1Z 7S2. Source.
What does The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "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…" Full program description.
How much of The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES)'s spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 79¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES)?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $226K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
79¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 79¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 79¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗ · what this means
7.7 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
36%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
64%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 |
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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 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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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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