Character Community Foundation of York Region
Publicly funded institution · Newmarket, Ontario · BN 887221406RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($240,606) as filed with the CRA.
Character Community Foundation of York Region is a charitable organization based in Newmarket, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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, 2021, it reported $272K in revenue and $241K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $4.
Compared with 1,552 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We deliver character development programs to children youth and adults. Due to the ongoing pandemic we were not able to deliver in school programs until november 2021. We delivered our pivoted outdoor slap shot program to 49 students in nov/dec. We pivoted our music alive program into a virtual music/character development program and delivered it to 2 100 students in the spring and fall of 2021. We continued with our character awards but did not hold a virtual or in-person event. We presented the awards in person to the winners at their homes/workplace in july 2021.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $272K | $241K | $168K | — | — | $184K |
| 2020 | $285K | $276K | $193K | — | — | $153K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $4 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$131K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Megan Thomas (chair); John Glicksman (treasurer); Caitlyn Mariani (director); Neil Gunathunge (director); Nancy Dinardo (vice chair); Laura Sawicky (director); Sarah Riddell (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Character Community Foundation of York Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887221406RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.