Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 834484271RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($458,084) as filed with the CRA.
Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $455K in revenue and $458K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $98K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society supports the creation and presentation of new fiction poetry and drama that reflect the complexity of the city through the eyes of the richly diverse writers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $455K | $458K | $412K | $917 | — | $3,203 |
| 2023 | $304K | $318K | $194K | $69K | — | $6,395 |
| 2022 | $345K | $339K | $222K | $63K | — | $21K |
| 2021 | $301K | $288K | $176K | $62K | — | $14K |
| 2020 | $368K | $280K | $170K | $61K | — | $1,334 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $98K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$135K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sujin Son (treasurer); Paula Menzes (chair); Peter Smiley (director); Sarah Miniaci (director); Pratap Reddy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834484271RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.