Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre of Toronto
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118972967RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,399,058) as filed with the CRA.
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $453K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Various cultural programs including martial arts classes concerts and bazaars
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.4M | $621K | $21K | — | $8.3M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.9M | $486K | $18K | — | $8.3M |
| 2022 | $2M | $2.4M | $1.2M | $1,854 | — | $8.5M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.4M | $1.2M | $863 | — | $8.9M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $3.1M | $1.1M | $17K | — | $9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $453K from 9 charities:
- The JCCC Foundation$252K
- The Frank H Hori Charitable Foundation$150K
- The Mitsui Canada Foundation/la Fondation Mitsui Canada$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$14K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,573
- Toronto Foundation$4,861
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,480
- Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons$2,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$381
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Gordon (director); Mark Hashimoto (director); Chris Hope (chair); Kristin Kobayashi-Reid (director); Sharon Marubashi (director); David Moritsugu (director); Jon Nagamatsu (director); Linda Ono (director); Nao Seko (director); Elaine Shigeishi (director); Alexis Speildenner (director); Brian Toda (director); Demetre Vasilounis (director); Kathy Wale (director); Karen Webb (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118972967RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.