Study Year

2021

% of Jews making below $50k

% of Jewish household financially struggling

6.5 %

Partner Organization

1. Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living 2. Chai Tikvah Foundation| 3. Circle of Care 4. Hillel Ontario 5. Jewish Addiction Community Services Toronto (JACS) 6. Jewish Family & Child Service of Greater Toronto (JF&CS) 7. Jewish Free Loan Toronto 8. Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS) Toronto 9. Jewish Russian Community Centre (JRCC) 10. Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) Toronto 11. Kayla's Children Centre 12. Kehilla Residential Programme 13. Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre 14. Prosserman Jewish Community Centre 15. ReenaSchwartz/Reisman Centre

Study Links

https://www.jewishtoronto.com/partners-agencies

$ Currently Invested in Human Services

$10M 19% of overall budget

Facts

• The poverty rate for the general non-Jewish Toronto population was 17% in 2011. • In 2021, there are 12,080 Jews in Toronto living below the poverty line, down to 6.5% of the Jewish population, though this likely has been significantly impacted by pandemic benefits which have since been phased out • 6% of one-parent-family households are low income • 28% of one-person households are low income

Notable gaps in services or funding (ie housing, burial fund, scholarships)

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$ Currently Invested in Human Services. Both total number + Percentage of annual campaign