Adoption Council of Ontario
Publicly funded institution · Markham, Ontario · BN 888975372RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,272,183) as filed with the CRA.
Adoption Council of Ontario is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,771.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Information sessions about adoption process - child specific recruitment of adoptive families - education sessions information and counselling services for pre and post adoptive families youth and mental health/child welfare professionals
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $53K |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.7M | $2.5M | — | — | $64K |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $3M | — | — | $117K |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.1M | — | — | $201K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | -$3,191 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,771 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Grant (chair); Dianne Mathes (executive director); Jane Waechter (member); Kathryn Rock (vice chair); Nevin Thomas (member); Faria Latif (member); Nancy Dun (member); Kevin Rorwick (member); Akua Parham (member); Bruce Fairley (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Adoption Council of Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888975372RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.