Common Ground CO-Operative Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 884016411RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($529,385) as filed with the CRA.
Common Ground CO-Operative Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $519K in revenue and $529K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
COMMON GROUNDS CO-OPERATIVE AIMS TO DEVELOP AND ENHANCE THE ABILITIES AND SKILLS OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES TO OWN AND OPERATE THEIR OWN BUSINESSES AND TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE ON THE MARGINS OF THE WORLD OF WORK. i) PROVIDE WORKSHOPS COURSES AND TRAINING FOR PERSONS WHO ARE INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGED: ii) PROVIDE ON-GOING SUPPORT SERVICES IN FINANCE MARKETING AND ADMINISTRATION TO THE BUSINESSES OWNED EXCLUSIVELY BY PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $519K | $529K | $472K | — | — | $589K |
| 2023 | $514K | $545K | $483K | — | — | $599K |
| 2022 | $510K | $480K | $390K | — | — | $631K |
| 2021 | $609K | $516K | $432K | — | — | $601K |
| 2020 | $568K | $543K | $458K | $1,275 | — | $507K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$457K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrea Spencer (board chair); Heather Macleod (vice-chair); Omar Hanif (treasurer); K.T. Irwin (director); Joanna Drassinower (director); Lucy White (secretary); Paul Wong (director); Christopher Tolley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Common Ground CO-Operative Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884016411RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.