Community Centre
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 736806894RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,088,332) as filed with the CRA.
Community Centre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 8% from government, 61% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $672K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Drop-in centre for marginalized residents of the neighborhood with coffee & snacks Food program: weekday hot meals for marginalized residents of the neighborhood Nursing care to clients with physical & mental illness substance abuse issues Christian worship Social supports including counseling and finding housing for clients Support for women and street sex workers Harm reduction program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.1M | $981K | $24K | — | $589K |
| 2023 | $986K | $1.2M | $1.1M | $50K | — | $638K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $937 | $41K | $0 | $895K |
| 2021 | $886K | $1.1M | $615 | $0 | $0 | $923K |
| 2020 | $715K | $836K | $757K | $0 | $0 | $988K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $672K from 20 charities:
- Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Toronto$363K
- Canadahelps Canadon$85K
- Canadahelps Canadon$85K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$63K
- The Rotary Club of Toronto Philanthropic Fund$14K
- Right To Food$10K
- Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Family Foundation$10K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$7,500
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$7,500
- Anglican Diocese of Toronto Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Boland Foundation$5,000
- The George Lunan Foundation$4,000
- The Anglican Foundation of Canada$3,000
- Card for Change$2,000
- Toronto Foundation$1,000
- The Church of ST Timothy$1,000
- Socks 4 Souls Canada Inc.$766
- Socks 4 Souls Canada Inc.$742
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$190
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$753K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Gray (chair); Bruce Stewart (treasurer); Rev. Dr. Alison Falby (incumbent); Norah (Annie) Hodgins (director); Tracy Chong (director); Peter Neelands (director); Blair Martin (director); Elizabeth Mutinda (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 736806894RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.