Opportunity for Advancement
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119069144RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($731,364) as filed with the CRA.
Opportunity for Advancement is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $731K in revenue and $731K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 49% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $208K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Pre-employment counselling for sole support mothers. Services offered are the first step in a continium of interventions designed to foster independence and assist sole support mothers on social assistance toward financial sufficiency.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $731K | $731K | $553K | — | — | $464K |
| 2023 | $721K | $698K | $520K | — | — | $464K |
| 2022 | $723K | $722K | $565K | — | — | $441K |
| 2021 | $724K | $731K | — | — | — | $440K |
| 2020 | $782K | $832K | $650K | — | — | $456K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $208K from 2 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$537K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maureen Henry (chair); Sandy Buist (treasurer); Aishah Noval (director); Mallory Hilkewich (chair); Sally Hakim (director); Helena Bozek (director); Samro Kamboureli (secretary); Ahana Sakar (director); Michele Godman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Opportunity for Advancement’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119069144RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.