Better Living at Thompson House
Publicly funded institution · North York, Ontario · BN 107029720RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,477,614) as filed with the CRA.
Better Living at Thompson House is a charitable organization based in North York, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $15.9M in revenue and $14.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,322.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 94 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Better Living at Thompson House (the 'Organization') formerly Don Mills Foundation for Seniors is a charitable community organization that provides continuum care to honour the unique life journey of each person they serve with the support they need when and where it is needed. The Organization operates a 136 bed long-term care facility.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.9M | $14.5M | $115.6M | — | — | $6M |
| 2023 | $14.6M | $13.9M | $11M | — | — | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $14M | $13.8M | $10M | — | — | $4M |
| 2021 | $13.5M | $13.3M | $9.9M | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $12.2M | $11.9M | $9.4M | — | — | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,322 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions94
- Total compensation, all staff$9.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leslie Olsen (director); Sam Chinniah (director); Antonio Niro (treasurer); Robert Horne (director); Rick Lustri (chair); Sandy Chang (director); Maryam Musa (director); Carol Hamilton (director); Linda Smart (director); Pakiza Kozak (director); Aneeseh Paranjape (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Better Living at Thompson House’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107029720RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.