Cornerstone to Recovery
Charitable organization · Newmarket, Ontario · BN 853624971RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,760,415) as filed with the CRA.
Cornerstone to Recovery is a charitable organization based in Newmarket, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 9% from government, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $599K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $854K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The Charity runs addiction recovery programs for individuals recovering from substance abuse that allow the individuals to become hopeful and productive member of society. This includes counselling community contribution job skills training meaningful employment and recreational and personal skills development.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $6,648 | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $9,420 | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $14K | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $936K | $4,757 | — | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $854K | $839K | $683K | $4,797 | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $599K from 7 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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,99913 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$868K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Blaine Hobson (executive director); Mary Yorke (director); John Wright (director); Dan Dominato (director); Tom McConnell (director); Wayne Einhorn (director); Patti Skrypek (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cornerstone to Recovery’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853624971RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.