Canadian Down Syndrome Society
Charitable organization · Collingwood, Ontario · BN 118830751RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($754,906) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Down Syndrome Society is a charitable organization based in Collingwood, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $804K in revenue and $755K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations, 21% from government. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $88K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $804K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The Organization enhances quality of life for all individuals with Down syndrome through advocacy education and providing information. Services offered are activities including providing information education research collaboration advocacy resource center and library parents and professional support and newsletter.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $804K | $755K | $238K | $5,030 | — | $747K |
| 2023 | $607K | $665K | — | $75K | — | $698K |
| 2022 | $869K | $978K | — | $206K | — | $756K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $671K | $413K | — | $866K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $573K | $490K | $14K | $680K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $88K from 25 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- The Calgary Foundation$3,484
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,065
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,423
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,266
- York Catholic District School Board$1,049
- Kanovsky Family Foundation$1,000
- ATCO Electric Epic$520
- Canada Gives$500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- Hamilton Association for Christian Education Incorp$447
- Redeemer Christian Reformed Church of Sarnia$437
- Link Charity Canada Inc$400
- Religieuses de Notre Dame du Sacre Coeur$300
- United Way of Durham Region$248
- United Way/Centraide (Central N.B./Region Du Centre du N.B.)Inc.$227
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$156
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$144
- United Way of Greater Toronto$76
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$52
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$23
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- The Sisters of the Presentation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$393K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Crowley (vice-chairman); Jennifer Crowson (chairwoman); Dan Purdham (director); Derek Love (director); Peter Wright (director); Elizabeth Kennedy (director); Joe Yacoub (director); Samar Qureshi (director); Fred Stremble (treasurer); Jade Medeiros (secretary); Andrea Weaver (director); Lisa Mills (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Down Syndrome Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118830751RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.