International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada

P.O. Box 670, Station K
Toronto, ON M4P 2H1
Executive Director: Jackie Gotwalt
Board Chair: Johnnie Moore

Charitable Reg. #:86941 1587 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 4/5]

✔+

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.

A-

RESULTS REPORTING

Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

n/r

DEMONSTRATED IMPACT

The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.

NEED FOR FUNDING

Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.

59%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 59 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada:

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada (IFCJC) is a 3-star charity. It has above average disclosure with an A- results reporting grade. It holds reserves within Ci’s reasonable range. For every dollar donated to IFCJC, 59 cents are available to go to the cause.

Founded in 2003, International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada (IFCJC) is the Canadian branch of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, a U.S. charity started in 1983. The charity raises money from Canadian donors to support Jewish communities in Israel and the former Soviet Union. It provides food, medical supplies, and home care to elderly and low-income Israelis, and helps Jewish people immigrate to Israel from other countries.

IFCJC runs three programs: Poverty, Aliyah, and Fellowship. In the fiscal year ending December 2025, the charity spent $9.1m on its programs and grants.

Poverty is IFCJC's largest program, accounting for 92% of program and grant costs in 2025. It provides food, clothing, and medical care to low-income and elderly Israelis, including Holocaust survivors. It also delivers home care support, helping frail seniors with daily tasks, and supplies backpacks and school essentials to children from families who can't afford them. In 2025, IFCJC delivered 874,000 meals, food boxes, and food cards (836,000 of them in Israel). It also provided 186,000 hours of home care to elderly individuals in the former Soviet Union. The program reached 71,000 people in total, including 26,100 elderly people who received basic needs support and 22,600 children and families who received food, medicine, clothing, or financial assistance.

Aliyah accounted for 7% of program and grant costs in 2025. This program helps Jewish people immigrate to Israel from countries such as Argentina, Brazil and the former Soviet Union. In 2025, IFCJC supported 676 immigrants in moving to Israel.

Fellowships accounted for 1% of program and grant costs in 2025. This program builds relationships between Christian and Jewish communities in Canada through prayer and flag-raising initiatives that honour victims of violence in Israel. In 2025, more than 40 organizations held Flags of Fellowship events, planting more than 56,000 Israeli flags. The program also took 1,300 prayer requests to the Western Wall in Jerusalem and engaged 2,100 people through quarterly prayer services.

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Results and Impact

Over 836,000 hot meals were served to people in need through 20 soup kitchens across Israel in 2025. 9,400 elderly people and Holocaust survivors received basic needs support in the former Soviet Union, with 7,000 people receiving food and financial aid to observe the sacred holidays of Passover and Rosh Hashanah.

While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of IFCJC's results and impact. IFCJC is not yet rated on impact (n/r). This does not affect its star rating.

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Finances

IFCJC’s audited financial statements follow activity-based costing, meaning program, administrative, and fundraising costs are clearly separated. This is a best practice.

In 2025, IFCJC earned $14.5m in revenue. It received $13.7m in donations (94% of total revenue) and $782k in grants from IFCJ USA (5% of total revenue).

Administrative costs are 9% of revenues (less investment income). Fundraising costs are 32% of donations. Total overhead is 41%. For every dollar donated to IFCJC, 59 cents are available for programs. This is outside Ci's reasonable range.

In 2025, IFCJC spent $9.2m on programs and grants, representing 63% of total revenue. Of this, 94% ($8.7m) went toward international program costs, 4% ($408k) toward grants, and 1% ($104k) toward Canadian programs.

IFCJC recorded a $320k deficit, drawing on its reserve funds. The charity spent $nil on capital projects.

IFCJC has $1.2m in reserve funds (cash and investments). The reserves can cover 13%, or roughly two months of program costs.

This charity update has been sent to IFCJC for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming. Updated by Nick Reszetnik on August 18, 2026.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending December
202520242023
Administrative costs as % of revenues 8.9%9.5%8.1%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 31.7%31.2%25.8%
Total overhead spending 40.6%40.7%33.9%
Program cost coverage (%) 12.9%17.3%28.4%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s
202520242023
Donations 13,71113,86215,303
Investment income 197952
Other income 782771402
Total revenues 14,51214,71215,757
Program costs - International 8,6809,4978,964
Program costs - Canada 10496100
Grants 408525325
Administrative costs 1,2951,3851,275
Fundraising costs 4,3454,3283,940
Total spending 14,83215,83114,604
Cash flow from operations (320)(1,118)1,154
Capital spending 018475
Funding reserves 1,1901,7502,669

Note: 1. Deferred Revenue: Ci adjusted for deferred revenue. This affected total revenue by $nil in 2025, ($35k) in 2024, and $nil in 2023. 2. T3010: Ci used the charity's T3010 filing with the CRA to determine grants and international program costs. 3. Amortization: Ci removed amortization from Canadian program costs, administrative costs, and fundraising costs, pro rata.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 12

Avg. compensation: $111,549

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
1
$120k - $160k
3
$80k - $120k
2
$40k - $80k
4
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2025

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Comments & Contact

Comments added by the Charity:

Comment added by the charity September 2023. 

You can be confident that your donations to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada (IFCJ Canada) are being used conscientiously to do the most good for Israel and Jewish people in need around the world. IFCJ Canada regularly submits our financial information to Canada’s most established and respected charity watchdog organization — Charity Intelligence Canada — and we work hard to receive the highest grades possible for accountability and transparency, and to constantly be improving.

At IFCJ Canada, we will feel a deep sense of pride and accomplishment knowing all we have done for those in need. Our donors have proven time and time again that they are committed to supporting Israel’s people, and over the last year reminded all of us just how deep that commitment really is.

In 2022, over 710,640 hot meals were served to needy people in 24 soup kitchens across Israel. More than 12,862 impoverished families and elderly people received food cards to observe the sacred holidays of Passover and Rosh Hashanah. And together we helped close to 9,000 Jews make aliyah in the midst of the crisis in Ukraine.

Visit our website at www.ifcj.ca to see how we are evaluated by trusted charity watchdog organizations, read endorsements from key Jewish and Christian leaders, and find out what donors and IFCJ Canada aid recipients are saying about the impact of our work.

It’s only through the generosity of our supporters that we’re able to do the work that we do. It’s important to us that you know your gifts to IFCJ Canada are being used effectively and efficiently — and we know it’s important to you too!

 

Charity Contact

Website: www.ifcjc.ca
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Charitable Registration Number: 80340 7956 RR0001