Friends and Advocates Peel.
Publicly funded institution · Brampton, Ontario · BN 107407769RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($883,544) as filed with the CRA.
Friends and Advocates Peel. is a charitable organization based in Brampton, 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 $889K in revenue and $884K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $927.
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 25% of peers. 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 12 names.
In its own words
Friends & advocates peel is a non-profit non-medical community based adult mental health organization who's primary service is to offer social recreational and crisis support to those who have mental/emotional distress and social isolation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $889K | $884K | $669K | — | — | $166K |
| 2023 | $857K | $885K | $696K | — | — | $161K |
| 2022 | $731K | $727K | $547K | — | — | $190K |
| 2021 | $754K | $748K | $567K | — | — | $181K |
| 2020 | $879K | $872K | $696K | — | — | $210K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $927 from 2 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$606K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Scott Brooker (ceo); Denise Hodge (chair of the board); Jamie Macdonald (member-at-large); Rod Woolridge (volunteer representative); Shirley Smith (vice chair); John Demeo (treasurer); Robert Kish (secretary); Marisa Fregonese (chair quality improvement); Robert Jacobs (member-at-large); Viola Rawana (chair social & leisure); Amanda Sullivan (chair public relations); Edward Woodbine (member-at large).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends and Advocates Peel.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107407769RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.