Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (cord)
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 896513355RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,222,332) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (cord) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $139K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Organization collects and disseminates information on rare disorders encourages medical research into the causes and effects of rare disorders and undertakes to increase public awareness about existence of rare disorders in canada. Organization calls upon policy makers to enact legislation regulations policies programs and decisions that promote health and well being of canadians affected by rare disorders and encourages public support for laws policies and programs that promotes health and well being of canadians affected by rare diseases.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1M | $593K | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $741K | $635K | $243K | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $1M | $519K | $223K | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $962K | $706K | — | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $139K from 8 charities:
- Answering T.T.P. (Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura) Foundation$120K
- BenefAction Foundation$7,212
- Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,334
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,774
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$884
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$48
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$564K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cathy Evanochko (chair); Christine White (secretary); Catherine Boivin (director); Sara Ethier (executive member-at-larg); Jida El Hajjar (vice chair); Alice Williams (director); Walter Robinson (director); Carla Charbot (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (cord)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896513355RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.