Kennedy House
Publicly funded institution · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 102807245RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,846,832) as filed with the CRA.
Kennedy House is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $10.1M in revenue and $9.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $166K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 98 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $3,000 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to The Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
To assist and rehabilitate youths by providing an alternative to large institutions in the form of small homes staffed by professionals in child care. To operate secure facility under the young offenders act. To operate a homeless shelter facility for youth to operate a homeless shelter for youth with the city of toronto ssha program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.1M | $9.8M | $9M | — | $3,000 | $6.7M |
| 2023 | $9.2M | $9.1M | $8.2M | — | $3,000 | $6.4M |
| 2022 | $9.3M | $9.1M | $8.3M | — | $3,000 | $6.3M |
| 2021 | $9.8M | $9M | $8.2M | — | $3,000 | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $8.7M | $8.2M | $7.3M | — | $2,000 | $5.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,000 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $166K from 15 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$17K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$15K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$15K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$12K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$11K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,500
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie$5,000
- ST. Barnabas' Church$3,306
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,595
- CHUM Charitable Foundation$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$365
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$230
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$57
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99986 positions
- $1–39,99914 positions
- Permanent full-time positions98
- Total compensation, all staff$6.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Victor Tuba (director); Philip Longaphie (vice chair); Byron Cohen (director); Ilhami Gokcen (honorary member); James Rosenthal (director); Joe Bettencourt (honorary member); Christopher Carew (honorary member); Jeremy Mullin (treasurer); Cindy Bruce-Barrett (chair); Chitra Gnanasabesan (secretary); Ryan Ehrenworth (director); Lilian Cheung (director); Suzy Najarian (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kennedy House’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 102807245RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.