House of Compassion of Toronto
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118964196RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,054,018) as filed with the CRA.
House of Compassion of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $952K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 49% from government, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $190K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
House of compassion is a not-for-profit charitable organization that offers a permanent affordable and supportive home to 21 men and women with severe and persistent mental illness. Our goal is simple. We walk the journey with each resident so that tthey can live in the community feeling safe respected and encouraged. We own three row houses on shaw street that have been redeveloped into a congregate living setting. Each resident has their own room and shares the rest of the amenities in the house. The support we provide to residents honours a recovery model and depends upon in…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $952K | $1.1M | $888K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $872K | $837K | $721K | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $782K | $797K | $680K | $701 | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $875K | $836K | $717K | $351 | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $760K | $778K | $671K | $82 | — | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $190K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$44K
- Canadahelps Canadon$44K
- The Bickle-Wilder Foundation$30K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$25K
- Tippet Foundation$25K
- The Hope Charitable Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,000
- Yorkminster Park Baptist Church$2,155
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,600
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- The Tom and Ruth Kritsch Family Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$450
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$553K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Martin Abell (director); Graeme Clarke (treasurer); Neil Hetherington (director); Peter Holmes (director); Michael Lay (director); Sanjeev Sockalingam (director); Helen Griffen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from House of Compassion of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118964196RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.