Ontario Paraplegic Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 863428199RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,604,054) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario Paraplegic Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $610K in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $1.5M to Spinal Cord Injury Ontario. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to receive and maintain funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income thereof from time to time to spinal cord injury ontario a registered charity under the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $610K | $1.6M | — | — | $1.5M | $5.9M |
| 2023 | $186K | $1.4M | — | — | $1.3M | $6.9M |
| 2022 | $968K | $842K | — | — | $749K | $8.2M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $157K | — | — | $75K | $8M |
| 2020 | -$46K | $643K | — | — | $558K | $5.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, March 31, 2024
- Investment income$610,412
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.5M to 2 qualified donees:
- Spinal Cord Injury Ontario$1.5M
- Mitacs Inc.$11K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$42K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dana Francoz (chair); Elleanor Evan (treasurer); Alex McKinnon (vice chair); Rob Thomson (director); Stuart Howe (ceo); Arie Kojokaro (director finance).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario Paraplegic Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863428199RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.