Harold and Grace Baker Centre
Publicly funded institution · Markham, Ontario · BN 118953421RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,617,685) as filed with the CRA.
Harold and Grace Baker Centre is a charitable organization based in Markham, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $16.9M in revenue and $14.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $106.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 296 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Operation of a nursing and retirement home in toronto.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.9M | $14.6M | $14.8M | — | — | $12M |
| 2023 | $15.1M | $14.2M | $13.3M | — | — | $18.8M |
| 2022 | $14.1M | $13.4M | $12.6M | — | — | $10.2M |
| 2021 | $14.1M | $13.6M | $12.9M | — | — | $9.4M |
| 2020 | $14.1M | $13.3M | $12.6M | — | — | $9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $106 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions296
- Total compensation, all staff$9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Anderson (chairman); Brent Chambers (director); Dino Chiesa (director); Michelle Gibbs (vice chair); Steve Gray (director); Lori Link (treasurer); John McKernan (director); Kari Nousiainen (director); Mark Pawelek (secretary); Bill Powell (director); Steve Rohacek (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Harold and Grace Baker Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118953421RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.