Canadian Abilities Foundation
Charitable organization · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 126081140RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($351,576) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Abilities Foundation is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $364K in revenue and $352K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $122K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $5,239 to South East Helping Hands Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $205K in 2020 to $364K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1. Publishing: abilities-a quarterly lifestyle magazine and newsletter for people with disabilities 2. Abilities.ca website: canada's online community for people with disabilities 3. Provided information for caregivers and people with disabilities through social media 4. Canada cares: a national program that supports and celebrates caregivers for people with disabilities older adults and young chldren
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $364K | $352K | $92K | $219K | $10K | -$3,892 |
| 2023 | $415K | $387K | $87K | $263K | — | -$24K |
| 2022 | $227K | $235K | $73K | $129K | — | -$23K |
| 2021 | $154K | $198K | $84K | $42K | — | -$45K |
| 2020 | $205K | $244K | $110K | $90K | — | -$715 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 10 qualified donees:
- South East Helping Hands Inc.$5,239
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de l'Universite d'Ottawa$1,400
- Steinbach Community Outreach Inc.$1,060
- Movember Canada$800
- Union Gospel Mission$614
- Saskatoon Food Bank Incorporated$458
- Union Gospel Mission$237
- The Broomtree Foundation$140
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$80
- Community Food Share DS$25
Received $122K from 8 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$52K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$25K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,500
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,837
- The Pindoff Family Charitable Foundation$1,000
- The Hermant Family Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$1,577
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Kaufman (secretary); Caroline Tapp-McDougall (executive director); Alex Mavroudis (director); Jay Rosenfeld (director); Hannah Trumper (director); David Visschedyk (chair); Morgan Swift (director); Keith Edwards (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Abilities Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 126081140RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.