Distress Centres of Greater Toronto
Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 107021016RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,292,725) as filed with the CRA.
Distress Centres of Greater Toronto is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.7M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 25% from government. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $688K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.3M in 2020 to $3.7M in 2024.
In its own words
408 Helpline-24/7 crisis line supporting individuals in distress Multilingual Helpline-24/7 multilingual helpline supporting individuals in distress Caller Reassurance Program Telecheck-provides ongoing telephone support for isolated seniors Touching Base-a transitional support program for adults experiencing a crisis or life transition Survivor Support Program-facilitated support for those impacted by loss through suicide or homicide Community Outreach and Education-staff and volunteers sharing their knowledge and insights in the community. Partnership Warm Transfer Lines supporting individua…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.3M | $3M | $133K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.4M | — | — | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.6M | $2.4M | $112K | — | $989K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $69K | — | $793K |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $2M | $84K | — | $780K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $688K from 26 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$450K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- The Bickle-Wilder Foundation$30K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$25K
- Cidel Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$16K
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- Toronto Foundation$12K
- Longo Family Foundation$10K
- The Andy and Beth Burgess Family Foundation$5,000
- Evald Torokvei Foundation$5,000
- The Robert Campeau Family Foundation$3,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,195
- Redpoll Foundation$2,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,585
- C And C Family Foundation$1,147
- Aston Family Foundation$1,000
- Canada Gives$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$1,000
- Nick & Lynn Ross Charitable Foundation$500
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- The Lowidt Foundation$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$477
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,99916 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Distress Centres of Greater Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107021016RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.