Alzheimer Society of Durham Region
Publicly funded institution · Whitby, Ontario · BN 106705296RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,144,507) as filed with the CRA.
Alzheimer Society of Durham Region is a charitable organization based in Whitby, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $3.5M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $111K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $11K to Alzheimer Society of Ontario. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
ASDR provides programs and services that support those living with dementia caregivers healthcare professionals and the public. The focus of ASDR programs is on 1:1 support & counselling group support and public education. In addition social/recreational programming is provided that acts to keep persons with dementia engaged in their community. We also host a team of interdisciplinary professionals (OT RPN & Social Workers) that work with local primary care physicians to provide early assessment and diagnosis of dementia. We work in conjunction with community partners to deliver programs …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $3.1M | $2.4M | $163K | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.8M | $2.1M | $130K | — | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.2M | $106K | — | $3M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.4M | $1.9M | $85K | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2.9M | $2.2M | $122K | — | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $111K from 17 charities:
- Alzheimer Society of Ontario$61K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25K
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,943
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,739
- The Edmond & Sylvia Vanhaverbeke Foundation$2,000
- The Ralph & Maureen Phillips Family Foundation$2,000
- Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living$1,376
- Oshawa Parkwood Rotary Club Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Deer Creek Cares Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Arbor Memorial Foundation$750
- United Way of Durham Region$431
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$250
- The Pottruff Family Foundation$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$70
- ST. John's Presbyterian Church$70
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian McAuley (vice-chair); Sheryl Wedderburn (director); Shahzil Mohamed (secretary); Marilyn Stitt (director); John Baynham (director); Carolyn Wilson (chair); Heidi Campbell (treasurer); Alok Sethi (director); Anuradha Nath (director); Kay Peterson (director); Deanna Hollister (director); Ruth Cummings (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alzheimer Society of Durham Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106705296RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.