United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto (UJA GTA) raises money to support Jewish communities in Greater Toronto and globally. It works with Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto (the Foundation), a separate registered charity, to form UJA Federation of Greater Toronto (UJA Federation). The two charities share a common website and release an annual report with combined results under this shared name. UJA Federation is not a registered charity.

UJA GTA controls nine Canadian charities: Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus, Lipa Green Centre for Jewish Community Services, Sherman Campus, 750 Spadina Ave. Association, Jewish Community Properties of Greater Toronto, Prosserman Jewish Community Centre, Schwartz/Reisman Centre, the Jewish Museum of Canada, and Greater Toronto Jewish Federation New Ventures. It also controls American Friends of United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto, which is an American charity, and 1867942 Ontario Inc., a for-profit company.

United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto’s annual campaign raised $60.1 million in F2020 (47% of total donations). 29% funded initiatives working to strengthen connections with Israel, 27% of campaign grants supported Jewish education programs, 19% funded activities fighting poverty in Jewish communities, 17% funded programs focused on preserving Jewish identity among youth, and 8% went toward advocating for Israel and global Jewish communities in need. Through these grants, UJA GTA reports that it partnered with 38 Jewish agencies, helped 14 schools, funded 17 Jewish camps in Canada and globally, and supported 17 programs reaching Jewish people in need in Canada and globally.

UJA GTA also collects donations through its Tomorrow Campaign. The campaign raises money to build facilities for the general, social, and fitness needs of over 200,000 Jewish people living in the GTA. The campaign has created three ‘hubs of Jewish life,’ as stated by UJA GTA: Joseph & Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus, located in York; the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, located in downtown Toronto; and Sherman Campus, located in midtown Toronto.

UJA GTA received $126.7m in donations in F2020. Administrative costs are 8% of revenues (excluding investment income). Fundraising costs are 6% of donations. This results in overhead spending of 14%. Per dollar donated, 86 cents go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.

UJA GTA has net funding reserves of $6.5m. The charity could cover 10% or one month of annual program costs.

At F2016 year-end, UJA GTA and the former United Jewish Welfare Fund (UJWF) merged under UJA GTA's name, excluding UJWF's Foundation assets. These assets are now managed by United Jewish Appeal Foundation.

UJA GTA’s audited financial statements combine UJA GTA’s financial performance with all eleven of its controlled entities, which Ci used in its financial analysis.

UJA GTA reports using external fundraisers in its F2020 T3010 CRA filing. It paid external fundraisers $131k to raise $1.1m. It costs the charity $0.12 to raise a dollar via external fundraisers.

UJA GTA’s five largest grants reported in its F2020 T3010 CRA filing are: $28.9m to United Israel Appeal of Canada (38% of total grants), $6.0m to Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus (8%), $5.4m to Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto (7%), $2.6m to Anne and Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (3%), and $2.1m to Eitz Chaim Schools (3%). This grant breakdown does not include grants that went to the nine Canadian charities controlled by UJA GTA.

Charity Intelligence has sent this profile update to UJA GTA for review. Comments and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on June 2, 2021, by Shira Wine.