Canadian South Asian Growth and Support Services (CSAGSS)
Charitable organization · Pickering, Ontario · BN 835040577RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($148,205) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian South Asian Growth and Support Services (CSAGSS) is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $153K in revenue and $148K in expenditures.
In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $604K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Food banks - two locations in scarborough which includes the following programs kids meal program seniors assistance program newcomer assistance program for refugees wealth & health program and exercise program for seniors
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $153K | $148K | $128K | — | — | $81 |
| 2023 | $218K | $197K | $97K | — | — | $21K |
| 2022 | $76K | — | $12K | — | — | $38 |
| 2021 | $116K | $140K | $56K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $125K | $104K | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $604K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$33K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Biswajit Dutta (chair/president); Prabir Kar (treasurer); Irene Zaman (secretary); Judith Melanson (board member); Eva Park (board member); Manjura Rehman (executive director); Lavina Castelina (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian South Asian Growth and Support Services (CSAGSS)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835040577RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.