Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118830744RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($38,414,092) as filed with the CRA.
Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $37.1M in revenue and $38.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 263 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.4M.
Compared with 85 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 131 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $6.6M in 2024, the largest being $833K to The University of British Columbia. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Diabetes is one of the fastest growing chronic diseases in Canada with more than four million people living with diabetes in this country. It is a complex chronic condition that impacts a person’s health and overall life in profound ways. That’s why improving the quality of life for people with diabetes is Diabetes Canada’s aspiration. To achieve this we have five main priorities: 1. Being an international leader in developing and disseminating Clinical Practice Guidelines to health-care providers across Canada to bring the latest research findings to healthcare providers so that they can s…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $37.1M | $38.4M | $15.1M | $13.6M | $6.6M | $32.8M |
| 2023 | $34.5M | $37.8M | $21.3M | $13.2M | $6.8M | $34M |
| 2022 | $35.4M | $33.5M | $20.4M | $10.5M | $2.6M | $37.3M |
| 2021 | $36.2M | $22.1M | $10.9M | $8.7M | $1.1M | $35.7M |
| 2020 | $29.6M | $19.2M | $9.1M | $8.1M | $1.8M | $21.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6.6M to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The University of British Columbia$833K
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$749K
- McMaster University$695K
- Université Laval$491K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$377K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$350K
- Centre de Recherche Medicale de l'Universite de Sherbrooke Medicale Research Centre of the University of Sherbrooke$348K
- University Health Network$346K
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$300K
- Sinai Health System$275K
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute/l'institut de Cardiologie de l'Universite d'Ottawa$250K
- The Hospital for Sick Children$200K
- The University of Manitoba$198K
- Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal$174K
- The University of New Brunswick$150K
- Sinai Health System$150K
- University of Ottawa$114K
- L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre$113K
- University of Victoria$100K
- Trillium Health Partners$100K
- Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal/montreal Heart Institute$100K
- The Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc.$100K
- Carleton University$100K
- Dalhousie University$19K
- Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Canada Inc.$11K
Received $3.4M from 263 charities:
- River Philip Foundation$315K
- Canadahelps Canadon$256K
- Canadahelps Canadon$256K
- Healthpartners Canada$249K
- The Diabetes Leadership Foundation$230K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$194K
- Vancouver Foundation$113K
- The Calgary Foundation$107K
- Cal Wenzel Family Foundation$100K
- J and W Murphy Foundation$100K
- Aqueduct Foundation$92K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$89K
- Diabetes Ontario$79K
- The Windsor Foundation$55K
- The Victoria Foundation$54K
- A. W. B. Charitable Foundation$52K
- Oakville Community Foundation$52K
- Airlie Foundation$50K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$40K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$38K
- C&J Chan Foundation$34K
- BenefAction Foundation$26K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$25K
- Fred and Edith Greene Foundation$25K
- Hunter Family Foundation$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions131
- Total compensation, all staff$16.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Coyle (director); Mark Lehman (director); Patricia Li (treasurer); Nafisa Merail (director); Verlyn Olson (director); Benjamin Voss (director); Lorraine Lipscombe (director); Robert Screaton (vice chair/secretary); Sonia Yung (chair); Davis Lawrence (director); Lynne Bridgman (director); Gary Howard (director); Gloria Pakravan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118830744RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.