Creating Alternatives Day Program
Charitable organization · Vaughan, Ontario · BN 864168711RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,623,347) as filed with the CRA.
Creating Alternatives Day Program is a charitable organization based in Vaughan, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $126K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $945K in 2020 to $2.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provide life and job-skills training and experience to people with cognitive challenges so that they can integrate actively within their respective communities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $1M | $82K | — | $376K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2M | $937K | $23K | — | $425K |
| 2022 | $2M | $2M | $1.1M | $64K | — | $369K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $950K | $104K | — | $369K |
| 2020 | $945K | $975K | $756K | $117K | — | $434K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $126K from 5 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
- $40,000–79,99911 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$881K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Phyllis Santone (president/chair); Ron Gruenberg (secretary); Kimberley Gadwah (director); Pat DI Francesco (director); Shavone Lazarus (director); Rob Compagna (director); Rob Fox (director co vice chair); Chris Sulway (co vice chair); Janelle Walsh (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Creating Alternatives Day Program’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864168711RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.