Community Living Essex County
Publicly funded institution · Essex, Ontario · BN 118901974RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($46,849,704) as filed with the CRA.
Community Living Essex County is a charitable organization based in Essex, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $47.7M in revenue and $46.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,379.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 238 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Community living essex county provides a range of supports and services enabling people with intellectual disability to live in their community. Community participation supports includes employment volunteering educational recreational and leisure activities. We also offer in home and out of home respites to families as well as a variety of residential options ranging from occasional support for people who live independently to full residential supports.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $47.7M | $46.8M | $41.1M | $137K | — | $21.8M |
| 2023 | $45.2M | $44.7M | $39.1M | $92K | — | $20.9M |
| 2022 | $43.5M | $43M | $37M | $93K | — | $20.5M |
| 2021 | $41.1M | $40.7M | $33.9M | $53K | — | $18.4M |
| 2020 | $38.9M | $38.4M | $32.8M | $139K | — | $18.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,379 from 4 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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions238
- Total compensation, all staff$37.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Giofu (director); Robert Tomek (past president); Sue Desjarlais (president); Diane Bourbeau (director); Michelle Mastellotto (2nd vice president); Sharon O'Hagan-Wong (director); Brianne Taggart (director); Chad Sutherland (1st vice president); Karen Bolger (executive director); Gillian Heisz (treasurer); Raymond Renaud (director); Ian Phillips (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Living Essex County’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118901974RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.