D.s.r.f. Down Syndrome Resource Foundation
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 898907266RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,869,131) as filed with the CRA.
D.s.r.f. Down Syndrome Resource Foundation is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 35% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $188K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Dsrf offers a wide variety of educational and health opportunities to children and young adults with down syndrome including ground-breaking one to one reading and math instruction speech language therapy occupational therapy mental wellness behavioural services as well as a variety of adult education and recreational programs which prepare our students to live full and fulfilling lives in the community and workplace. Our programs are continually evolving based on the latest intervention research and best practice and tailored to the individual learner's strengths interests and needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.9M | $2.2M | $469K | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.6M | $2.1M | $268K | — | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $1.8M | $362K | $18K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $2M | $1.6M | $181K | $20K | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $165K | $18K | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $188K from 21 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$44K
- Ames Family Foundation$26K
- The Tuey Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$24K
- District of North Vancouver Firefighters Charitable Society Local 1183 I.A.F.F.$11K
- LRJ Charitable Foundation$10K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$9,582
- Aqueduct Foundation$8,000
- Vancouver Foundation$6,350
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,998
- Lohn Foundation$3,500
- John Hardie Mitchell Family Foundation$3,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$2,500
- Burnaby Fire Fighters Charitable Society$2,000
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- The Connor Clark & Lunn Foundation$1,150
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Carthy Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$640
- United Way of Greater Toronto$500
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$16
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tony Keung (treasurer); George Klukas (director); Tamara Taggart (director); David Whittle (director); Mike Watson (director); Aven Poynter (director chair); Niaz Arbabi (director); Kelly Brooks (director); Shelby Boehm (director); Geoff Gates (director); Katrina Chen (director); Natalie Camara (director); Eleanor Stewart (ceo(ex officio non-votin).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from D.s.r.f. Down Syndrome Resource Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898907266RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.