John Howard Society of Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 133412114RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,464,994) as filed with the CRA.
John Howard Society of Toronto 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 $6.5M in revenue and $6.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $673K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 73 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Anger management training; Partner Assault Intake and Referral and Counselling; Community Justice Restorative program; Anger and Substance Awareness program; Record Suspension (Pardons) Service ; Residential Services; Half-way housing; Non-Residential Services; Parolee Day reporting Centre for counselling; Housing for homeless; Pre-Release planning and counselling & Reintegration Service for those being released from jail; Community Justice Program- provides adults charged with minor criminal offences an alternative to the formal court process; Drug Harm reduction program; HIPP (Helping Indi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.5M | $6.5M | $5.8M | $4,030 | $0 | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $6.6M | $6.3M | $5.8M | $4,550 | $0 | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $6.1M | $6.1M | $5.9M | $520 | $0 | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $5.6M | $5.7M | $5.4M | $0 | $0 | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $5.8M | $5.4M | $5M | $4,261 | $0 | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $673K from 7 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions73
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert MacLellan (jhso representative); Kate Benuik (treasurer); Melissa Branco (vice president); Jasmin Irwin (member); Lawrence Dawkins (member); Richard Derham (member); Joseph Ciraco (secretary); Sarah Al Naqeeb (member); Judith Kay (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from John Howard Society of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133412114RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.