Carefirst Seniors and Community Services Association
Publicly funded institution · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 106915861RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($25,408,795) as filed with the CRA.
Carefirst Seniors and Community Services Association is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $27.2M in revenue and $25.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 147 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
The mandate of Carefirst Seniors & Community Services Association is to provide a full range of community and social services to seniors and where appropriate others in needs of services to enable them living a quality and enriched life in the community. The services and programs include: (1) Integrated adult day program (2) Assisted Living Services (3) Chinese bereavement service (4) Community development program (5) Community support services/programs (meal-on-wheels service / transportation / friendly visiting / hospice visiting / security checks / congregate dining program / supporti…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27.2M | $25.4M | $21.4M | $165K | — | $17.6M |
| 2023 | $25.4M | $24.6M | $20.5M | $165K | — | $15.8M |
| 2022 | $25.1M | $23.7M | $20.1M | $106K | — | $15.1M |
| 2021 | $21.5M | $21M | $17.6M | $77K | — | $14.1M |
| 2020 | $21.5M | $21.4M | $18.7M | $37K | — | $13.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 11 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$608K
- Canadahelps Canadon$164K
- Canadahelps Canadon$164K
- Carefirst Foundation$100K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$100K
- The ABC Charity Foundation$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,848
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,106
- ST. Elizabeth's Anglican Church$1,745
- The Opera One Association$200
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$59
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions147
- Total compensation, all staff$19.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Freida Chaverz (secretary); Shirley Ng (director); Thomas Yeung (director); Andrea Chun (executive vice president); Roberta Lau (director); Darius Sookram (director); Clara Tsang (director); Joan Christensen (director); Chi Ming Chow (director); Popa Cristina (director); Mojahed Qashoa (director); Victor Ng (director); Sheila Neysmith (president); Paul Williams (director); Kingson Lee (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Carefirst Seniors and Community Services Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106915861RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.