National Educational Association of Disabled Students (neads)
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107761975RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,009,802) as filed with the CRA.
National Educational Association of Disabled Students (neads) is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,633.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $137K in 2020 to $1M in 2024.
In its own words
Ongoing maintenance and content development of a comprehensive website www.neads.ca; support and maintenance of a financial aid portal for postsecondary students with disabilities www.disabilityawards.ca; meetings of the board of directors; responding to enquiries for information from students and others from across canada; conducting research on issues that affect postsecondary access; offering scholarships to college and university students with disabilities through the neads students awards program the holly bartlett memorial award and the christine nieder memorial award.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1M | $815K | — | — | -$47K |
| 2023 | $721K | $773K | $621K | — | — | -$53K |
| 2022 | $441K | $436K | $353K | — | — | -$1,276 |
| 2021 | $352K | $328K | $183K | — | — | -$6,102 |
| 2020 | $137K | $132K | $37K | — | — | -$30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,633 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$338K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from National Educational Association of Disabled Students (neads)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107761975RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.