Canadian Helen Keller Centre
Publicly funded institution · North York, Ontario · BN 864239082RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,804,119) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Helen Keller Centre 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Training and rehab programs for persons who are deaf-blind enabling them to gain skills required to live independently. Senior support services: provides case management to seniors who have both a vision and hearing loss.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $4.8M | $4.6M | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $4M | $4M | — | — | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.6M | — | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.6M | — | — | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $3.4M | $2.7M | — | — | $989K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$3.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Philip Corke (chair); Al Kowalenko (vice chair); Kim Wrigley-Archer (past chair); George Przybylowski (director); Anupam Kothari (secretary); Nancy Ekels (director); Cheryl Ramey (director); Shaunna Conway (director); David Young (director); VIM Kochhar (founding chair); Amit Goyal (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Helen Keller Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864239082RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.