Meta Foundation
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 124187477RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($947,552) as filed with the CRA.
Meta Foundation is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $948K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,934.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $280K in 2024, the largest being $280K to Meta Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $969K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Organize community information and activities for families with developmentally disabled individuals co-ordinate recreational and occupational services for developmentally disabled persons and other ongoing programs for developmentally disabled persons
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $948K | $331K | $264K | $280K | $7.3M |
| 2023 | $914K | $839K | $302K | $183K | $280K | $6.4M |
| 2022 | $706K | $660K | $313K | $55K | $240K | $6.3M |
| 2021 | $599K | $416K | $340K | $41K | — | $6.3M |
| 2020 | $969K | $712K | $367K | $298K | — | $6.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $280K to 1 qualified donee:
- Meta Centre$280K
Received $7,934 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lu Galasso (president); Giuliana Marrone (director); Sarah Hardy (vice president); Nino Perricone (director); Walter Simone (director); Lee Simone (director); Rita Ristucci (director); Michael Ciccolini (secretary/treasurer); Massimo Rovazzi (director); Gus Dal Colle (director); Naketa Wright (director); Matthew Alla (director); Anna Rovazzi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Meta Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124187477RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.