Counterpoint Counselling and Educational Co-Operative Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 881632319RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($585,012) as filed with the CRA.
Counterpoint Counselling and Educational Co-Operative Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $529K in revenue and $585K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Psycho-educational partner assault response program; assisting both parties. Programs for women and partners of attendees to provide support referrals crisis intervention and safety planning. All services offered in various languages.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $529K | $585K | $516K | — | — | $14K |
| 2023 | $562K | $608K | $543K | $4,143 | — | $70K |
| 2022 | $572K | $587K | — | — | — | $115K |
| 2021 | $648K | $563K | $491K | $16K | — | $131K |
| 2020 | $452K | $445K | $395K | $11K | — | $46K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $63K from 4 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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$383K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Blanca Alvarado (director); Clara Luz Castillo (executive director); Thelma Reyes (treasurer); Vivien Green (chairman); Seema Hooda (director); Jane Alison Withey (secretary); Rodrigo Moreno (director); Laura Grace Barker Maclean (director); Gifty Asare (director); Montserrat Constans (director); Katherine Almond (vice president); Tom Girling (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Counterpoint Counselling and Educational Co-Operative Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 881632319RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.