Adult Recreation Therapy Centre
Publicly funded institution · Brantford, Ontario · BN 107375644RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,870,703) as filed with the CRA.
Adult Recreation Therapy Centre is a charitable organization based in Brantford, 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 $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $113K.
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 53% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To provide social recreation and rehabilitation services to the physically handicapped frail and elderly through the operation of a day facility for adults.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $29K | — | $350K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $30K | — | $316K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $11K | — | $296K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $2,042 | — | $268K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $20K | — | $254K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $113K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joseph Persia (president); Lynne Persia (director); Janet Lovekin (director); Luanna Cox (director); Tish James (director); Jan Mills (vice president); Deanna Vervacke (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Adult Recreation Therapy Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107375644RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.