Canadian Special Olympics Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 869562041RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,643,556) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Special Olympics Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3.9M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $322K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $1.7M in 2024, the largest being $658K to Special Olympics Ontario Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
Ongoing programs in support of special olympics canada: develop fundraising strategies. Enhance the financial wellbeing of the movement. Increase participation by individuals with an intellectual disability. Increase recruitment of volunteers and trained coaches.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $2.6M | $138K | $629K | $1.7M | $10.2M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $124K | $1M | $1.5M | $9M |
| 2022 | $948K | $1.9M | $139K | $513K | $1.1M | $8.9M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $1.4M | $126K | $100K | $1M | $9.8M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.9M | $99K | $125K | $2.5M | $8.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.7M to 9 qualified donees:
- Special Olympics Ontario Inc.$658K
- Special Olympics Canada$422K
- Special Olympics British Columbia Society$192K
- Special Olympics Alberta Association$153K
- Special Olympics Society of Nova Scotia$95K
- Olympiques spéciaux Québec$72K
- Special Olympics Manitoba Inc.$55K
- Special Olympics Prince Edward Island Inc.$21K
- Special Olympics Saskatchewan Inc.$11K
Received $322K from 27 charities:
- Canadian Progress Charitable Foundation$100K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$53K
- Molson Coors Canada Donations Fund$45K
- Weston Family Foundation$25K
- The Harry E Foster Charitable Foundation$18K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$12K
- Altru Foundation Inc.$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,500
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$7,000
- Urban Systems Foundation$6,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,250
- KMC Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- The John and Jeanne Eyking Family Foundation$5,000
- Community Foundation for Kingston & Area$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,832
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,500
- Molson Coors Canada Donations Fund$2,500
- Molson Coors Canada Donations Fund$2,500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$723
- United Way of Greater Toronto$555
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$200
- Wilfrid Laurier University$144
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$100
- The Spatz Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$138K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Bergmann (director); Brian Etherington (founding chair); Mark Etherington (director); Sean Etherington (director); Paul Etherington (director); Stephen Forbes (director); Denis Frappier (director); Dan Golberg (director); Mike Lamontagne (director); Mary Ann Mackenzie (director); David Mills (secretary); Blake Murphy (treasurer); John Scullion (chairman); Tess Trojan (director); Niyousha Zarinpour (director); Donna Carbell (director); Gail Hamamoto (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Special Olympics Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869562041RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.