Holly Street Advocacy Centre for the Elderly Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 106686728RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,636,794) as filed with the CRA.
Holly Street Advocacy Centre for the Elderly Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,965.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
1. Delivery of direct legal services to low income seniors primarily in metropolitan toronto 2. Public legal education activities primarily speaking engagements in the province of ontario 3. Rescource centre on seniors' legal rights (toronto)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $743K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $756K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $425K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $404K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | — | $1.1M | — | $1.3M | $392K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,965 from 2 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,396
- Hamilton Community Foundation$1,569
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
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carole Cohen (director); Alex Henderson (vice chair); Shelley Hobbs (cahir); Saman Jaffrey-Ullmann (vice chair); Joanna Taylor (director); Tom Warner (treasurer); Marilyn White-Campbell (director); Matthew Furrow (secretary); Domenica Ozarko (director); Irene Carriere (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Holly Street Advocacy Centre for the Elderly Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106686728RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.