John Howard Society of Ontario
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118975101RR0002 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,846,142) as filed with the CRA.
John Howard Society of Ontario is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from government, 55% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $551K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The john howard society of ontario is a well established and dynamic social service organization with a mandate of effective just & humane responses to crime and its causes. The provincial office undertakes fundraising and marketing activiites research policy and program development and evaluation. As well it coordinates benefit and pension plans for staff for all jhs local offices across ontario. It also provides support to 19 affiliates and branches across ontario who deliver a wide range of services to youth adults and families.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $5,208 | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $22K | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $22K | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $27K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $16K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $551K from 11 charities:
- Community Foundations of Canada$150K
- The Maytree Foundation$124K
- The John Howard Society of Canada$108K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- The Tom and Ruth Kritsch Family Foundation$2,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$750
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$699
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$106
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from John Howard Society of Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118975101RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.