Extend-A-Family
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118904846RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($878,026) as filed with the CRA.
Extend-A-Family is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $875K in revenue and $878K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Extend-a family offers a comprehensive range of support services in a flexible and accessible manner to children and young people with disabilities and their families. The organization is committed to creating opportunities for children and youth with disabilities to be connected contributing members of their communities and the city of toronto. Extend-a-family involves children youth and/or parents as collaborative partners in the process. Services are provided in a confidential manner and include a comprehensive range of partnerships. Eleven coordinators service 325 clients…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $875K | $878K | $779K | $45K | — | $165K |
| 2023 | $821K | $821K | $575K | — | — | $167K |
| 2022 | $815K | $839K | $664K | — | — | $167K |
| 2021 | $794K | $791K | $739K | — | — | $191K |
| 2020 | $802K | $812K | $789K | — | — | $188K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$701K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Afnan Shahid (director); Nawin Mutti (director); Peg Jenner (vice-chair); Christine Leclair (secretary); Mohamed Abu-Shaaban (chair); Julie Cheah (director); Michael Mueller (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Extend-A-Family’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118904846RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.