Halton District School Board
Publicly funded institution · Burlington, Ontario · BN 107462301RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,007,707,590) as filed with the CRA.
Halton District School Board is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $1B in revenue and $1B in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $830K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 6,723 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The primary purpose of the Halton District School Board is the advancement of public education. The Halton District School Board provides education to elementary students secondary students and continuing education for adult students within the Region of Halton.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1B | $1B | $962.4M | — | — | $345.7M |
| 2023 | $926M | $872.5M | $819.9M | — | — | $343.8M |
| 2022 | $851.7M | $837.4M | $787.3M | — | — | $331.3M |
| 2021 | $836.2M | $801.3M | $751.3M | — | — | $317M |
| 2020 | $767.1M | $737.8M | $713.8M | — | — | $282.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $830K from 18 charities:
- Halton Learning Foundation$701K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$25K
- Burlington Community Foundation$25K
- Hadley Family Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$17K
- Green Communities Canada$10K
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$6,000
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$6,000
- Tweedledum Foundation$6,000
- RCO Charitable Fund$4,000
- ST. Stephen United Church$3,000
- Oakville Community Foundation$2,500
- Oakville Community Foundation$2,500
- BenefAction Foundation$1,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$406
- The Guelph Community Foundation$350
- Oakville Community Foundation$100
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$40
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6,723
- Total compensation, all staff$817.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donna Danielli (trustee); Jeanne Gray (trustee); Amy Collard (chair); Margo Shuttleworth (trustee); Kelly Amos (trustee); Tanya Rocha (trustee); Joanna Oliver (vice-chair); Curtis Ennis (director); Naveed Ahmed (trustee); Carole Baxter (trustee); Xin Yi Zhang (trustee); Robert Brydon (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Halton District School Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107462301RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.