MitoCanada Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Oakville, Ontario · BN 812586667RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($462,140) as filed with the CRA.
MitoCanada Foundation is a charitable organization based in Oakville, 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 $445K in revenue and $462K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 52% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $319K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $73K in 2024, the largest being $43K to Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We are canada’s only not-for-profit organization focused on mitochondrial disease. Our mission is to transform the outlook for persons facing a diagnosis of mitochondrial disease and/or dysfunction. We do this by 1) raising awareness 2) providing information/ education to persons affected by mitochondrial disorders their families healthcare professionals educators and the public; and 3) funding peer-reviewed research grants and a scholarship prize. Our strength is identifying and collaborating with other like-minded organizations to expand system-wide knowledge and investments so th…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $445K | $462K | $238K | $137K | $73K | $337K |
| 2023 | $428K | $425K | $221K | $48K | $71K | $355K |
| 2022 | $423K | $342K | $162K | $37K | $72K | $352K |
| 2021 | $538K | $444K | $259K | $41K | $73K | $271K |
| 2020 | $337K | $324K | $240K | $6,526 | $25K | $177K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $73K to 7 qualified donees:
- Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation$43K
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$5,000
- University of Regina$5,000
- Queen's University at Kingston$5,000
- Nova Scotia College of Art and Design$5,000
- The Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning$5,000
- The University of Lethbridge$5,000
Received $319K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$107K
- Canadahelps Canadon$107K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$81K
- The Calgary Foundation$9,250
- United Way of Calgary and Area$5,000
- York Catholic District School Board$4,230
- The Myron and Catherine Tetreault Foundation$3,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,530
- BenefAction Foundation$1,500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$350
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$200
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$229K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sean Messing (chair); David Mosher (director); Claudia Aguirre Ponce (director); Zachary Seymour (secretary vice chair); Neal John Sondheimer (director); Dilek Dag (treasurer); Michelle Mezei (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from MitoCanada Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 812586667RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.