Christie/ossington Neighbourhood Centre
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 898720651RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,804,421) as filed with the CRA.
Christie/ossington Neighbourhood Centre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $14M in revenue and $12.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $528K.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.4M in 2020 to $14M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Christie Ossington Neighbourhood Centre is a multi-service agency providing accessible and innovative programming for community members in Toronto’s Northwest end including low-income children youth and families homeless men vulnerable adults and seniors. Breaking Barries Program is an integrated approach to service delivery across our shelter housing and drop-in programs. CONC’s Shelter and Housing Programs and our Drop-In & Food Access Program work in close collaboration to provide targeted supports that assist program participants and shelter residents to take steps toward better heal…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14M | $12.8M | $11.5M | $1,729 | $0 | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $11.6M | $10.6M | $9.5M | — | — | $4M |
| 2022 | $10.3M | $9.3M | $8.4M | $11K | — | $3M |
| 2021 | $7.1M | $7.1M | $6.5M | $11K | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $4.4M | $4.4M | $4.3M | $0 | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $528K from 17 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$194K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$191K
- Community Foundations of Canada$35K
- Right To Food$33K
- MLSE Foundation$25K
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$14K
- Mazon Canada$8,800
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$4,041
- Socks 4 Souls Canada Inc.$1,227
- Socks 4 Souls Canada Inc.$989
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$606
- Right To Food$500
- Socks 4 Souls Canada Inc.$494
- United Way of Greater Toronto$107
- The Sprott Foundation$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$97
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$8.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Terry Costantino (treasurer); Serica Leung (board member); Brian Houghton (chair); Chetan Mehta (board member); Laeticia Diniz (board member); Laura Mckinley (secretary); Lynn Daly (signing officer); Subo Awan (board member); Ashish Mahjan (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Christie/ossington Neighbourhood Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898720651RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.