Gilda's Club Greater Toronto
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 892423542RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,063,573) as filed with the CRA.
Gilda's Club Greater Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $949K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations. In 2024, 34 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $325K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Ongoing programs Gilda’s Toronto is a cancer support community where individuals impacted by cancer - adults children and teens as well as their families & friends become part of a welcoming community of support. Our vast array of programs are designed to meet the emotional social & practical needs of individuals with cancer-related stress. Membership and all programs are offered at no charge. Traditional Adult Support Groups: Facilitated by mental health professionals groups include: 20s & 30s Living With Cancer Adult Bereavement Friends and Family and a group focused on supporting…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $949K | $1.1M | $748K | $179K | — | $93K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.2M | $702K | $202K | — | $208K |
| 2022 | $885K | $1M | $616K | $165K | — | $338K |
| 2021 | $960K | $704K | $33K | $7,804 | — | $432K |
| 2020 | $894K | $875K | $463K | $99K | — | $177K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $325K from 34 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$77K
- Mackenzie Investments Charitable Foundation$33K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$28K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$23K
- RBC Foundation$15K
- Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation$10K
- The Douglas A. Smith Family Foundation$10K
- Rexall Care Network$10K
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$8,378
- The Budman Family Foundation$7,500
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Sprout Foundation$6,500
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$6,070
- The George Lunan Foundation$6,000
- Forest Hill Lions Club$6,000
- Mel & Pamela Himel Family Foundation$5,000
- Alice and Murray Maitland Foundation$5,000
- Smith Family Foundation$5,000
- Flavelle Family Foundation$5,000
- Hylcan Foundation$4,500
- Nick & Lynn Ross Charitable Foundation$4,000
- The Dani Reiss Foundation$3,600
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,564
- Robert Kerr Foundation$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$595K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gilda's Club Greater Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892423542RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.