Community Family Services of Ontario
Publicly funded institution · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 132320508RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,024,782) as filed with the CRA.
Community Family Services of Ontario is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, 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 $3.1M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government, 18% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $603K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Individual / Marital / Family Counselling; Family Life Education; Support Groups and Youth Service; Settlement Services; Violence Against Women Program; Partner Abuse Response Program; Program for Problem Gamblers & their Families; Supportive Counselling for Drug and Alcohol Abuse users and their Families; Internship / Field Practicum; Family and Counselling; Services for Newcomers and Immigrants; Public education and Community Outreach. Psychoeducation and skill-building for individuals and families affected by special needs developmental delays and disabilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $3M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.3M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.1M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.3M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $55 | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $603K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Teresa Tsui (co-vice president); Tom Chang (co-vice president); Carrie Lee (treasurer); Kai Ming Kan (director); Saifoo Lau (director); Charlotte Lee (director); Yvonne Leung (director); Stephen Sek Tin Lo (director); Sean Chen (director); Frederick Lee (director); Katherine Lam (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Family Services of Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132320508RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.