Canadian Medic-Alert Foundation Incorporated
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 106863293RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,868,538) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Medic-Alert Foundation Incorporated is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.8M in revenue and $6.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $160K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 42 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
1. Provide medical information services for Canadian subscribers 2. Increase awareness and recognition of our services in Canada 3. Educate healthcare providers about MedicAlert identification jewelry and hotline services 4. Provide MedicAlert services to school aged children regardless of their financial circumstances 5. Work with other National organizations to develop and promote programs for vulnerable sectors of the population 6. Provide MedicAlert services to individuals impacted by social determinants of health
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.8M | $6.9M | $5.1M | $237K | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $7.2M | $6.3M | $4.4M | $340K | — | $4M |
| 2022 | $6.5M | $6.9M | $5.1M | $448K | — | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $8.7M | $8.5M | $6.5M | $219K | — | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $8.5M | $8.1M | $5.9M | $203K | — | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $160K from 16 charities:
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$23K
- BenefAction Foundation$16K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$16K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$15K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$15K
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,641
- Alice and Murray Maitland Foundation$2,500
- United Way of Calgary and Area$2,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$360
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$172
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$131
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$85
- 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:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions42
- Total compensation, all staff$4.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leslie Quinton (chair); Ruth Ramsden-Wood (board member); Danny Lew (board member); Lisa Chillingworth-Watson (board member); Edward Odumodu (board member); Leslie McGill (president and ceo); Victoria Withers (board member); Stacey Myers (treasurer); Clint Kimchand (vp operations); Farah Ismail (board member); Charlene McQuaid (board member); Terence D'Souza (vp finance and legal); Stefanie Tan (vp research & programs); Barry Burk (board member); Louis Beaubien (board member); Madeline Ferguson (board member); Mark Rolnick (board member); Stephanie Singh (board member); Stephen Turner (board member); Scott Ramey (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Medic-Alert Foundation Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106863293RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.