Forward House of London
Publicly funded institution · London, Ontario · BN 107396335RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,883,390) as filed with the CRA.
Forward House of London is a charitable organization based in London, 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 $11.1M in revenue and $10.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $415.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 45 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $60K in 2024, the largest being $30K to Community Services Coordination Network (ontario). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.9M in 2020 to $11.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Forward house of london has the primary objective of individual client development and support which focuses on optimising daily living and vocational skills. This primary objective is generally acheived through the performance of activities such as self maintenance recreational performance of activities community living skills and work related training through development of sensory motor cognitive and interpersonal skills. The organization also provides services for transitional age youth community support.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.1M | $10.9M | $9.8M | — | $60K | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $9.5M | $9.3M | $8.6M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $7.5M | $7.4M | $6.9M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $6.8M | $6.6M | $6.3M | — | — | $940K |
| 2020 | $5.9M | $5.8M | $5.5M | — | — | $689K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $60K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $415 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions45
- Total compensation, all staff$9.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Graham Briscoe (director); Charmaine Chadwick (director); Mike Cvetkovich (director); Shawn McMahon (director); Keith Mepham (past president); Kathleen Parker (president); Adia Okojie (director); Edom Mekuria (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forward House of London’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107396335RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.