Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107472839RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,163,854) as filed with the CRA.
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $1.4M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 92% from other charities. In 2024, 83 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $395K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $40K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Fondation des maladies du coeur du Québec. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
1. Funds researchers working in universities hospitals and research institutes across ontario. 2. Provides the public with health information and education programs on preventing and managing heart disease and stroke. 3. Provides culturally-appropriate risk awareness and health education materials to diverse groups at increased risk of heart desease and stroke. 4. Provides professional education programs such as heart & stroke clinical update stroke collaborative and lectureships to keep healthcare providers up to date on the latest research and clinical best practices. 5. Advocates for p…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $40K | $726K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $40K | $470K |
| 2022 | $659K | $659K | $659K | — | — | $471K |
| 2021 | $938K | $938K | $938K | — | — | $470K |
| 2020 | $2M | $2M | — | — | — | $470K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $40K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $395K from 83 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$81K
- Christian Stewardship Services$52K
- Aqueduct Foundation$44K
- The Lawrason Foundation$35K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$15K
- The Masonic Foundation of Ontario$11K
- The John A. Sanderson and Family Trust$11K
- The Crinoline Foundation$10K
- Orville and Alvera Woolacott Foundation$9,683
- BenefAction Foundation$9,048
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$8,322
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$7,910
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,305
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,287
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$5,558
- Trust Under the Will of Francis Ouellette$5,440
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,060
- The Powis Family Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,888
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,474
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$3,474
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,409
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,338
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,315
- Hamilton Community Foundation$3,010
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
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$676K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charlene Ripley (chair); Chris Tambakis (board member); Jason Chang (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107472839RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.