Meta Vocational Services Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · Belleville, Ontario · BN 896927969RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,828,091) as filed with the CRA.
Meta Vocational Services Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Belleville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $3.8M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
META Vocational Services Inc. operates several programs to provide vocational assessments and counselling through the Hastings and Durham Regions. META's objective is to provide services which assist individuals to reintegrate themselves back into the workforce.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.8M | $2.8M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $4M | $3M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $4.4M | $1.1M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3.8M | $2.8M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $3.9M | $3.8M | $3M | — | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rosemary Rooke (secretary); Katie Cudmore (chair); Jacqueline Redmond (director); James MacRae (director); Don MacIver (vice chair); Desma Charlemagne-Michel (director); Louise Wood (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Meta Vocational Services Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896927969RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.