Community Connection
Charitable organization · Collingwood, Ontario · BN 118868199RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,971,203) as filed with the CRA.
Community Connection is a charitable organization based in Collingwood, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $267K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Community connection is an information referral and assistance organization established in 1969 offering a community helpline and referral service. Community connection's core competencies are based on international standards and accreditation through the alliance of information and referral systems (airs.org). Community connection is a member of 211 ontario and 211 canada networks operating the national 24/7 information and referral helpline 2-1-1 through phone and text and online information and referral through internet based search email and chat services within a shared service del…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.7M | — | — | -$122K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | -$77K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $5,258 |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $185K | — | — | -$4,681 |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | -$5,392 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $267K from 6 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,99915 positions
- $1–39,99911 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Parker (secretary); Christine Gordon (chair); Allison Hunwicks (director); Diane Brown-Demarco (vice chair); Heather Ratz (treasurer); Ronda Fox (director); Lynn Keays (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Connection’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118868199RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.