Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research/fondation Canadienne de Recherche sur le Sida
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118831437RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,716,450) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research/fondation Canadienne de Recherche sur le Sida is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $397K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $330K in 2024, the largest being $80K to L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 25 names.
In its own words
Providing funding for top quality hiv research projects by canadian researchers and institutions related to all aspects of hiv and aids including; prevention treatment care and cure. 2. Providing funding for new hiv research and improve prevention initiatives in canadian gay men. 3. Educate the general canadian population with relevant information and awareness on hiv in canada and the importance of research. 4. Educate youth across canadian with meaningful hiv awareness initiatives specific to their interests needs and demographics including; street involved youth young gay men indigen…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $2.7M | $706K | $1.1M | $290K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $1.1M | $969K | $50K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $3M | $3.1M | $1.6M | $714K | $50K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $945K | $226K | $358K | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2M | $307K | $546K | $450K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $330K to 7 qualified donees:
- L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre$80K
- Providence Health CARE Research Institute Trust$50K
- The University of British Columbia$40K
- University of Victoria$40K
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$40K
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$40K
- University of Ottawa$40K
Received $397K from 32 charities:
- The P.austin Family Foundation$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- The Ranson Family Foundation$30K
- Michael and Libby Goldgrub Foundation$25K
- Clench House Foundation$23K
- The Willie and Mildred Fleischer Charitable Foundation$23K
- Earle and Janice O'Born Family Foundation$20K
- La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso$13K
- The Rob Stovel Foundation$13K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- BenefAction Foundation$11K
- Canada Gives$10K
- The Don and Joan Walker Family Charitable Trust$10K
- The Calgary Foundation$8,403
- United Way of Greater Toronto$5,100
- The Rob Stovel Foundation$5,000
- Zukerman Family Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,000
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba$3,654
- Abundance Canada$3,000
- Covell and Edwina Foundation$2,900
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,500
- Cidel Foundation$2,500
- The Prabhudas and Vijya Ruparell Family Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$806K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Pringle (chair); Patti Macnicol (treasurer & vice chair); Patricia Olasker (secretary & vice chair); Charles Armstrong (executive committee membe); Notisha Massaquoi (executive committee member); Stanley Read (executive committee member); Michael Grant (executive committee member); Casey Antolak (board member); Chanakya Sethi (board member); Paul Sandstrom (board member); Jaime Watt (board member); Jeffrey Kroeker (board member); John Prato (board member); Jeff Rock (board member); Leeanne Weld Kostopoulos (board member); Marie Henein (board member); Maxime ST Pierre (board member); Paul Noble (board member); Robert Hoppenheim (board member); Stephen Lewis (board member); Sylvia Mantella (board member); Tom Ransom (board member); Tony Pedari (board member); Trevor Stratton (board member); William Flanagan (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research/fondation Canadienne de Recherche sur le Sida’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118831437RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.