Ontario Rett Syndrome Association
Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 890178999RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-30. Split of total expenditures ($297,289) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario Rett Syndrome Association is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 30, 2024, it reported $213K in revenue and $297K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $171K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provide information and resources to individuals suffering from rett syndrome. Assist hospitals with pediatric programs research state of the art equipment website management and fundraising fund research clincs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $213K | $297K | $55K | $61K | $162K | $294K |
| 2023 | $155K | $111K | $83K | $11K | — | $378K |
| 2022 | $142K | $138K | $123K | $1,907 | — | $334K |
| 2021 | $84K | $35K | $18K | $1,188 | — | $330K |
| 2020 | $242K | $282K | $236K | $10K | — | $282K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $171K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- Edwards Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Hensen Foundation$9,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,580
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$5,000
- Rexall Care Network$5,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$2,233
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,480
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$518
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$260
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$84
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melanie Birch (director); Jodi Dwyer (director); Sherry Lawrence (secretary); Shuijuan LI (treasurer); Steve Miguel (director); Sabrina Millson (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario Rett Syndrome Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890178999RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.