Pancreatic Cancer Canada / Cancer du Pancreas Canada
Public foundation · North York, Ontario · BN 848701967RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,925,578) as filed with the CRA.
Pancreatic Cancer Canada / Cancer du Pancreas Canada 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 $2.6M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations, 29% from other charities. In 2024, 49 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $911K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $376K in 2024, the largest being $150K to Pancreatic Cancer North America Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Research: provided continued funding for an early detection study called prosperpanc that aims to identify biomarkers for faster diagnosis of pancreatic cancer as well as a study assessing the current landscape of palliative care in canada. Patient and family support: provided targeted programs and resources to support our community through their experience with pancreatic cancer from our mental health program providing peer support and counseling to our ask an expert program that utilizes subject matter experts who provide insights and supports on cancer-related issues. Education and a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.9M | $880K | $1.1M | $376K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $776K | $917K | $189K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $2.5M | $473K | $697K | $652K | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $2M | $302K | $633K | $483K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.7M | $291K | $773K | $73K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $376K to 7 qualified donees:
- Pancreatic Cancer North America Inc.$150K
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$70K
- Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation/fondation Wellspring pour les Personnes Atteintes de Cancer$52K
- Pancreatic Cancer North America Inc.$45K
- Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation/fondation Wellspring pour les Personnes Atteintes de Cancer$24K
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre$20K
- L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre$15K
Received $911K from 49 charities:
- Warren Y. Soper Charitable Trust$300K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$112K
- Fondation Alex U. Soyka$105K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$66K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$56K
- Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation$25K
- The Lang Family Foundation$25K
- The Newlands Family Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$20K
- Place2Give Foundation$20K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$18K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$12K
- Canada Gives$10K
- The Fuller Giving Foundation$10K
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- The Sal Furino Family Foundation$6,500
- The Highwater Foundation$5,000
- Totem Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,192
- Toronto Foundation$3,700
- The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation$3,600
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,549
- THE BRETTLER/Mintz Foundation$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jonathan Paul (chair); Christopher Andrews (director); Michael Gilbert (vice-chair and treasurer); Linda Shick (director); Elfreda Lau (director); Lauren Israel (director); Russell Browne (director); Richard Weldon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pancreatic Cancer Canada / Cancer du Pancreas Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848701967RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.