Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons
Public foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 121270037RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,238,998) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons is a public foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $489K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 17 qualified donees totalling $595K in 2024, the largest being $220K to York University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $529K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Increase the public's awareness of physically disabled persons by recognizing their achievements. Providing financial assistance to physically disabled persons or to entities which provide programs and services to such persons. Raise money by providing various public awareness events such as dinners (valentine gala) luncheons (canadian disability hall of fame) etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $204K | $129K | $614K | $946K |
| 2023 | $914K | $723K | $181K | $130K | $176K | $936K |
| 2022 | $614K | $421K | $290K | $79K | $47K | $744K |
| 2021 | $512K | $344K | $151K | $151K | $35K | $551K |
| 2020 | $529K | $506K | $222K | $222K | $53K | $383K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $595K to 17 qualified donees:
- York University$220K
- Queen's University at Kingston$220K
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology$110K
- Canadian Helen Keller Centre$7,386
- Easter Seals Canada Timbres de Pâques Canada$6,000
- Canadian Hearing Services$6,000
- Toronto Metropolitan University$5,000
- Achilles Canada$5,000
- March of Dimes Canada$4,000
- Deafblind Community Services$2,500
- Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre of Toronto$2,000
- Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Inc.$2,000
- The Charles H.best Diabetes Centre$1,500
- Veterans Transition Network$1,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,000
- Fund Homecare Canada$1,000
- Deaf-Blind Association of Toronto Inc.$1,000
Received $489K from 14 charities:
- Shah Family Foundation$208K
- Mastercard Foundation$100K
- The Feiga Bresver Academic Fund$100K
- Hal Jackman Foundation$20K
- The Donald F. Hunter Charitable Foundation$15K
- WCPD Foundation$13K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,250
- The Slaight Family Foundation$6,000
- Nancy's Very Own Foundation$5,000
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$5,000
- The Asper Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,120
- Seth Foundation for Health and Human Welfare$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$77K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Ford (director-treasurer); Major Beverly Ivany (director); VIM Kochhar (chairman); Mark Lecker (director); Faye Blackwood (director); George Przybylowski (director); Rob Snoek (director); Maureen Harquail (director); Tony Wight (director); Brian McLean (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121270037RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.