Participation House Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 134016419RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,368,733) as filed with the CRA.
Participation House Toronto is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $410.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The organization provides upport care services and accessible housing to adults with physical and developmental disabilities so that they can live independantly. Services include assistance with dressing bathing houskeeping and meal preparation. Services are provided 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.1M | — | — | $147K |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2M | — | — | $136K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2M | — | — | $129K |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.9M | — | — | $125K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.7M | — | — | $121K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $410 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ashwin Vora (secretary); Sandra Rayner (president/chairperson); Cheryl Arneson (vice chairperson); Rupen Shah (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Participation House Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134016419RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.