Ontario Realtors CARE Foundation
Public foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 119068286RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,997,967) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario Realtors CARE Foundation is a public foundation based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 156 qualified donees totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $100K to Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The mission of the foundation is to work with realtor members to support local charitable causes which benefit ontario communities. The foundation made gifts to a number of charities across ontario during the year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2M | — | $9,531 | $1.5M | $8.6M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.2M | — | $8,168 | $1.6M | $8.5M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.3M | — | $11K | $1.8M | $8.7M |
| 2021 | $6.8M | $2.2M | — | $55K | $1.9M | $8.7M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.9M | — | $23K | $1.7M | $4.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.5M to 156 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area$100K
- Ontario Realtors Care Foundation-Salaries$100K
- Food Banks Mississauga$50K
- The Food Bank of York Region$50K
- Feed the Need in Durham$50K
- Second Harvest Canada$50K
- North York Harvest Food Bank$50K
- Foodshare Toronto$50K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$50K
- Toronto Foundation for Student Success$50K
- Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area$20K
- Shifra Homes Inc.$19K
- The Incorporated Ministry in Flemingdon Park$16K
- Sistering-A Woman's Place$16K
- Mlse Foundation$16K
- Good Shepherd Refuge Social Ministries$16K
- Women's Centre of York Region$15K
- York Region Food Network$15K
- Shine Through the Rain Foundation$15K
- Memory Lane Home Living Inc$15K
- Cornerstone to Recovery$15K
- Ancop International Canada Inc$15K
- Habitat for Humanity$14K
- The Shoebox Project for Women$14K
- Seva Food Bank$14K
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$287K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roger Bouma (past-chair); Amie Ferris (chair); David Kurt (director); Kim Gazo (director); Lori Roberts (chair-elect); Rose Sorbera (public director); Gail Power (director); Bill Madder (executive officer); Elyse Gallagher (director); Sabrina Essery (director); Lisa Patel (director); Rebecca Kopel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario Realtors CARE Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119068286RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.