Friends of the Learning Disabled
Charitable organization · Oakville, Ontario · BN 136552643RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($998,776) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Learning Disabled is a charitable organization based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $823K in revenue and $999K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $352K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $412K in 2020 to $823K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The primary objects of the corporation are: a) to establish maintain and operate a non-profit recreational camp or camps within the province of ontario for children with learning disabilities. B) to provide an opportunity for those with learning disabilities to successfully integrate into society with the assistance of and through the inolvement in programs such as life skills training educational upgrading employment preparation creative use of recreation and leisure time and other specialized programs as necessary. C) to develop and promote better understanding of learning disabil…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $823K | $999K | $753K | $145K | — | $576K |
| 2023 | $908K | $991K | $801K | $116K | — | $752K |
| 2022 | $827K | $827K | $661K | $101K | — | $835K |
| 2021 | $512K | $355K | $226K | $67K | — | $834K |
| 2020 | $412K | $412K | $226K | $127K | — | $678K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $352K from 17 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$81K
- Canadahelps Canadon$81K
- The Mariano Elia Foundation$30K
- The Connor-Uffelmann Foundation$25K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$25K
- Unity for Autism$20K
- Toronto Foundation$16K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$16K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$15K
- Nosreap Family Foundation$10K
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$7,890
- United Way of Greater Toronto$6,378
- Ontario Credit Union Foundation$6,240
- The Midloch Foundation$5,000
- The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$936
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$923
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$554K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jamie Bunston (director); Linda Dougherty (chair); Bob Henderson (director); Alix Herber (director); Barbara Hnatiak (director); Kevin Palmer (treasurer); Shelley Peterson (director); Louise Gleeson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Learning Disabled’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136552643RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.