Centre for Developing Relationships for Exceptional Adults in Markham Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Markham, Ontario · BN 895458404RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($911,350) as filed with the CRA.
Centre for Developing Relationships for Exceptional Adults in Markham Inc. is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $911K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 8% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $304K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $364K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Life skills and educational including culinary programs and therapy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $911K | $664K | $177K | — | $462K |
| 2023 | $801K | $781K | $573K | $153K | — | $156K |
| 2022 | $608K | $636K | $496K | $93K | — | $136K |
| 2021 | $582K | $552K | $415K | $78K | — | $164K |
| 2020 | $364K | $319K | $244K | $46K | — | $134K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $304K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$421K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Justin Boswick (treasurer); Tony Tessarolo (director); Randy Barber (director); Bernice Knapton (director); Michelle Leuschner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre for Developing Relationships for Exceptional Adults in Markham Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895458404RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.