Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

Canadian Race Relations Foundation

Publicly funded institution · North York, Ontario · BN 891276081RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website

Your $100, itemizedCanadian Race Relations FoundationFiscal year ended March 31, 2024
Charitable programs$72
Gifts to other charities$20
Management & admin$8
TOTAL$100
RegisteredPublicly funded

Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,414,123) as filed with the CRA.

Canadian Race Relations Foundation is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $8.3M in revenue and $8.4M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.

Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.

It reported gifts to 106 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $40K to PLEDJ: Promoting Leadership for Empowerment Development and Justice. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.

In its own words

The canadian race relation foundation (crrf) is a crown corporation committed to fighting racism in canada. We work to strengthen the social fabric of our society by supporting enabling and convening community groups and organizations. The crrf's programs are committed to fostering a positive commitment to canadian values by addressing conflicting attitudes openly and in partnership with agencies organizations and individuals. The national anti-racism fund: more than $2.5 million in funding was share amonth canadian community groups and non-profit organizations supporting the developmen…

Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.

The ledger, 2020–2024

YearRevenueSpendingProgramsFundraisingGifts outNet assets
2024$8.3M$8.4M$7.4M—$2.1M$28.2M
2023$7.2M$7.5M$6.7M—$2.3M$25.7M
2022$5.2M$4.4M$4.1M—$1.6M$26.5M
2021$1.4M$1.2M$997K—$78K$26.8M
2020-$3.7M$1M$898K——$25.9M

Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.

Money between charities, 2024

Granted $1.1M to 106 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:

Full grant ledger — all 106 grants

As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.

What it pays

Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:

  • $160,000–199,9991 position
  • $120,000–159,9993 positions
  • $80,000–119,9998 positions
  • $40,000–79,99918 positions
  • Permanent full-time positions30
  • Total compensation, all staff$3M

Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.

Directors & trustees (2024)

Teresa Woo-Paw (chairperson); Sophia Ali (board member); Reyhana Patel (board member); Anne-Marie Pham (board member); Roy Pogorzelski (board member); Dany Assaf (board member); Dakota Kochjie (board member); Orlando Bowen (board member); Mohammed Hashim (executive director); Nancy Rosenfeld (board member); Manju Varma (board member).

As listed on its 2024 return.

Check the source

Every figure on this page is from Canadian Race Relations Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891276081RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.