I Challenge Diabetes
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 821102712RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,082,805) as filed with the CRA.
I Challenge Diabetes is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 39% from donations, 8% from government, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $175K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $435K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Workshops - serving type 1 diabetic experiential education / support. Family Camps - Serving type 1 diabetic families with experiential education /support. At-Risk Youth - Serving type 1 diabetic teens who are struggling to reach standards of health despite numerous efforts of traditional intervention. Extreme Adventures - Serving type 1 diabetics by providing safe and responsible support to extend their range of abilities and utilize a large challenge to find motivation and empowerment that transforms their everyday. Diabetes Sports Camp -is a comprehensive individualized and innovative appr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $895K | $78K | — | $105K |
| 2023 | $883K | $976K | $807K | $70K | — | $107K |
| 2022 | $957K | $810K | $628K | $103K | — | $199K |
| 2021 | $645K | $718K | $542K | $11K | — | $53K |
| 2020 | $435K | $394K | $304K | $24K | $0 | $126K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $175K from 32 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$53K
- The Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation$10K
- Oakville Community Foundation$10K
- The Finelli Foundation-Fausto and Pasqualina$10K
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$9,039
- Saint John's School of Alberta Legacy Foundation$8,000
- Our Lady of the Prairies Foundation$7,000
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$5,000
- Calgary Flames Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$5,000
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- The Magda Tomczak Children's Aid Foundation$5,000
- Mississauga Foundation$4,721
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,197
- Jays CARE Foundation$3,000
- The Burns Memorial Fund for Children$2,800
- Alice and Murray Maitland Foundation$2,500
- Cidel Foundation$2,500
- Polish Canadian Humanitarian Society$2,500
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$1,460
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$1,460
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$1,460
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$1,460
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$610K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tino Montopoli (board member); Stefanie Alloway (secretary); Ciaran McGeown (board member); Lisa Geelen (chair); Luka Lee (board member); Sylvain Poncet (board member); Emil Matacz (board member); Jamieson Danielle (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from I Challenge Diabetes’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821102712RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.