Abuse Never Becomes Us (A.N.B.U)
Publicly funded institution · Pickering, Ontario · BN 796309284RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($206,099) as filed with the CRA.
Abuse Never Becomes Us (A.N.B.U) is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $241K in revenue and $206K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $116.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $15K in 2020 to $241K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Peer support - one on one peer support for individuals who contact our organization in search of seeking peer support about experiences of childhood sexual abuse. Oli - an awareness event to highlight the ways in which art can be used as a tool to express emotions and release trauma related to sexual violence and domestic violence. This is a community initiative where we raise awareness through multiple art forms and performances. Healthy relationships: - educating seminars to equip individuals to be able to be active bystanders refer survivors and ensure they understand their responsibili…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $241K | $206K | $206K | — | — | $154K |
| 2023 | $247K | $147K | $147K | — | — | $119K |
| 2022 | $9,510 | $12K | $12K | — | — | $19K |
| 2021 | $24K | $23K | $23K | — | — | $21K |
| 2020 | $15K | $17K | $17K | — | — | $21K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $116 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$98K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jenny Starke (director); Tharsiga Selvaratnam (director); Jessica Thyriar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Abuse Never Becomes Us (A.N.B.U)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 796309284RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.