Alzheimer Society of Ontario
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118784842RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,875,171) as filed with the CRA.
Alzheimer Society of Ontario is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $15.5M in revenue and $15.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 62% from other charities. In 2024, 48 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10.2M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 57 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 30 qualified donees totalling $7.6M in 2024, the largest being $5.7M to Alzheimer Society of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
1. Financial support to fund research of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. 2. Financial and administrative support to local Alzheimer Societies in Ontario that provide education and support services not only to those with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia but to their families and care partners. 3. Development and coordination of support and education programs to support people throughout Ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.5M | $15.9M | $5.3M | $1.1M | $7.6M | $9.2M |
| 2023 | $14.6M | $14.3M | $5M | $920K | $6.7M | $9.7M |
| 2022 | $20.1M | $16.3M | $4.2M | $1.1M | $9.4M | $9.2M |
| 2021 | $14.9M | $13.7M | $3.8M | $869K | $7.8M | $5.7M |
| 2020 | $14M | $12.6M | $2.6M | $1.1M | $7.5M | $4.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7.6M to 30 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Alzheimer Society of Canada$5.7M
- Alzheimer Society Lanark Leeds Grenville$243K
- Alzheimer Society of Toronto$194K
- The Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County/La Sociétéde la démence d'Ottawa et du comte de Renfrew$177K
- Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners$107K
- Alzheimer Society of Brant Haldimand Norfolk Hamilton Halton$95K
- Alzheimer Society of York Region$73K
- Alzheimer Society of Huron County Incorporated$70K
- The Alzheimer Society of Peel$70K
- Alzheimer Society Waterloo Wellington$66K
- Alzheimer Society of Niagara Region$61K
- Alzheimer Society of Durham Region$61K
- Alzheimer Society of Sarnia-Lambton$60K
- Alzheimer Society of Windsor and Essex County$53K
- Alzheimer Society of Hastings-Prince Edward$50K
- Alzheimer Society of Peterborough Kawartha Lakes Northumberland and Haliburton$50K
- Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce Inc.$46K
- Alzheimer Society Sudbury$45K
- The Alzheimer Society of Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma District$44K
- Alzheimer/society of Cornwall & District/ Societe Alzheimer de Cornwall et Region$44K
- Alzheimer Society of Simcoe County$43K
- Alzheimer Society of Chatham-Kent$41K
- Alzheimer Society of Muskoka$38K
- Alzheimer Society of Kfla&a Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington$37K
- Alzheimer Society Lanark Leeds Grenville$34K
Received $10.2M from 48 charities:
- Alzheimer Society of Canada$8M
- The Barrett Family Foundation$750K
- Alzheimer Society of Toronto$676K
- Federated Health Charities Corporation$179K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$99K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$59K
- Canadahelps Canadon$54K
- Canadahelps Canadon$54K
- Alzheimer Society Niagara Foundation$50K
- The H. John McDonald Foundation$50K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$50K
- The Retired Teachers of Ontario Foundation$35K
- The Barnes Family Charitable Foundation$25K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$21K
- Aqueduct Foundation$14K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$12K
- Alzheimer Society of Durham Region$11K
- Alzheimer Society of Sarnia-Lambton$10K
- The WB Family Foundation$5,000
- Allen Family Foundation$5,000
- Boland Foundation$5,000
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$4,659
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,025
- BenefAction Foundation$3,283
- The Fernandes Family Foundation$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions57
- Total compensation, all staff$5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Valerie Armstrong (regional director - central); Komal Bhasin (director at large); Niambi Martin-John (director at large); Claire Forster (chair); Vanita Varma (director at large); Lisa Pflieger (secretary & director at large); Ward Sellers (director at large); Camila Pereira (director at large); Diane Tennant (regional director- west); Paul Methot (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alzheimer Society of Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118784842RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.