Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre
Charitable organization · Oakville, Ontario · BN 855402244RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,151,007) as filed with the CRA.
Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre is a charitable organization based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 36% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $112K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $583K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Support Connect Engage A welcoming community supporting each other through diverse programs & resources to build friendships strengthen our children & create healthy neighbourhoods. To relieve poverty provide education support recreational & social opportunities for people of all abilities and ages. Our centre has been set up to be a non-institutional barrier free space so that it is welcoming to everyone. It is a reflection of the needs talents and gifts of our neighbours and friends so that it is relevant to the whole community. We believe in supporting the whole community together…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $0 | $0 | $760K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $989K | $931K | — | — | $683K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $874K | $856K | — | — | $529K |
| 2021 | $732K | $662K | $649K | — | — | $325K |
| 2020 | $583K | $504K | $494K | — | — | $576K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $112K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$678K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lambrina Nikolaou (vice chairperson); Elizabeth Peck (director); Elizabeth Anne Cesak (chairperson); Ruohan Li (treasurer); Patricia Whyte (director); Jamie Bay (director); Diane Melo (director); Keith Kasselman (director); Adeola Onafuwa (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855402244RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.