Hearing Research International / Recherche internationale sur l'ouie
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 728532714RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($509,462) as filed with the CRA.
Hearing Research International / Recherche internationale sur l'ouie is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $161K in revenue and $509K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $180.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $350K in 2020 to $161K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The exclusive purposes of the foundation are to use apply give devote or distribute from time to time all or part of the fund or funds of the foundation and the income therefrom by way of gift to Canadian Hearing Services or any other qualified donee which carries on its work within Canada and which will in the opinion of the board of directors in their absolute discretion best advance the interests of people who are Deaf and/or hard of hearing.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $161K | $509K | $494K | $2,553 | — | $651K |
| 2023 | $226K | $331K | $314K | $1,772 | — | $1000K |
| 2022 | $252K | $143K | $106K | $472 | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $666K | $10K | — | — | — | $996K |
| 2020 | $350K | — | — | — | — | $340K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $180 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$84K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy Andradé (chair); Donald Barnes (vice chair); Wafer Valarie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hearing Research International / Recherche internationale sur l'ouie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 728532714RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.