Asthma Canada/Asthme Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 898537048RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,339,585) as filed with the CRA.
Asthma Canada/Asthme Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $71K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $94K in 2024, the largest being $32K to The University of Manitoba. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $875K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
National charitable volunteer-supported organization devoted to enhancing the quality of life of people living with asthma.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $832K | $242K | $94K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $673K | $203K | $87K | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $898K | $591K | $183K | — | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $727K | $455K | $167K | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $875K | $684K | $396K | $184K | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $94K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $71K from 26 charities:
- The Citrine Foundation of Canada$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,446
- Calgary Flames Foundation$7,625
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$4,385
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,364
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,291
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,150
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$991
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$972
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$915
- ATCO Electric Epic$755
- Mel and Geri Davis Charitable Trust$600
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$470
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$437
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$300
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$250
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$214
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$180
- Abundance Canada$100
- Starbuck All Charities Inc.$100
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$60
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$36
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$527K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Waserman (director/committee chair); Karen Slezak (treasurer); Vibhas Bapat (chair); Firdos Somji (director); Kristi Mackenzie (vice chair); Jeffrey Beach (president & ceo); Denise Mak (director); Todd Warnell (director); Thishani Rajapkshe (director); Heidi Forman (director); David Goluboff (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Asthma Canada/Asthme Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898537048RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.