GBS/CIDP Foundation of Canada
Charitable organization · Whitby, Ontario · BN 887327906RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($509,651) as filed with the CRA.
GBS/CIDP Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization based in Whitby, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $361K in revenue and $510K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $123K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to The Governors of the University of Alberta. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The purpose of gbs/cidp foundation of canada is to provide support education and research concerning guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (cidp) and variants throughout canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $361K | $510K | $400K | $17K | $1,000 | $549K |
| 2023 | $462K | $429K | $321K | $22K | $0 | $698K |
| 2022 | $353K | $366K | $270K | $17K | $0 | $665K |
| 2021 | $351K | $266K | $174K | $21K | — | $677K |
| 2020 | $377K | $355K | $248K | $17K | — | $593K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $123K from 9 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$111K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darryl Bedford (president director); Holly Gerlach (director); Alex Grant (director); Demetrios Strongolos (director); Pamela Stoikopoulos (director); Ron Van Holst (director); Akash Purewal (director); Ayman Kafal (director); Holly Longstaff (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from GBS/CIDP Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887327906RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.