DeafBlind Ontario Foundation
Charitable organization · Newmarket, Ontario · BN 796914679RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,275,055) as filed with the CRA.
DeafBlind Ontario Foundation is a charitable organization based in Newmarket, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $966K in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 9% from government, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $410K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $779K in 2024, the largest being $779K to Deafblind Ontario Services. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides specially adapted residential accommodation incidental facilities and support to individuals that are deafblind deaf hard of hearing or non-verbal. It also provides assistive devices and equipment to individuals that are deafblind deaf hard of hearing or non-verbal. The foundation also funds recreational programs to support the physical mental and emotional well-being of individuals who are deafblind deaf hard of hearing or non-verbal.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $966K | $1.3M | $299K | $39K | $779K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $786K | $560K | $198K | $25K | $133K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $545K | $385K | $117K | $18K | $58K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $326K | $118K | $33K | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $779K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $410K from 18 charities:
- Lions Homes for Deaf People$150K
- Deafblind Ontario Services$133K
- Mowbray and Doris Sifton Family Foundation$24K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$18K
- The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies' Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation$15K
- Luke Four Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$10K
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Canada Gives$5,000
- Hodgson Family Foundation$5,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,000
- The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies' Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation$2,599
- The Robert Campeau Family Foundation$2,000
- The Egan Family Foundation$1,000
- The R.a. Beamish Foundation$1,000
- Victor and Rhoda Shields Charitable Foundation$510
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$78K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jim (james) Dadson (dirctor); Martha Beaumont (director); Gwen Elling (director & chair); Jocelyn Willoughby (director); Martin Mazza (director); Jennifer Moore (director); McGuigan Sharon (director); Ross Malcolm (director); Chris Perry (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from DeafBlind Ontario Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 796914679RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.