Centre for Diverse Learners
Charitable organization · Burlington, Ontario · BN 119010387RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($211,919) as filed with the CRA.
Centre for Diverse Learners is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $205K in revenue and $212K in expenditures.
In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $306K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
1. Community support: providing information referral and support to individuals and families of children with learning disabilities 2. Direct services: providing direct services to parents individuals and/or children with learning disabilities community professionals/organizations and schools/educators through: a) education on the many aspects of learning disabilities including but not limited to individual support remedial tutoring career counselling and skills training. B) public meetings with speakers and support groups c) individual support and group training in advocacy …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $205K | $212K | $136K | $502 | — | -$68K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1M | $1,176 | — | $3,945 |
| 2022 | $704K | $779K | $524K | $65K | — | -$31K |
| 2021 | $405K | $383K | $303K | $4,520 | — | $44K |
| 2020 | $203K | $270K | $164K | — | — | $21K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $306K from 10 charities:
- Hamilton Community Foundation$97K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$95K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$76K
- Burlington Community Foundation$23K
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$5,000
- Oakville Community Foundation$4,909
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,514
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,116
- Sam and Roma Mercanti Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$54
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$180K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Chu (treasurer); Julie Entwistle (director); Christa Keating-McKay (president); Pooja Patel (director); Timothy Rye (director); Diana Velikonja (director); Nicole Fernandes (director); Shandell Philipson (director); Tara Conley (director); Nicole Dziamarski (secretary); Tara Conley (director); Nicole Dziamarski (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre for Diverse Learners’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119010387RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.