Passages Centre for Self-Directed Learning
Charitable organization · York, Ontario · BN 717989537RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($157,378) as filed with the CRA.
Passages Centre for Self-Directed Learning is a charitable organization based in York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $125K in revenue and $157K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $96K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $63K in 2022 to $125K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
A. To advance education by providing mentoring classes on subjects such as writing composition poetry computer skills and programming music health and fitness art and science mathematics debate and gaming to youth of elementary and high school age. B. To promote health by providing youth who are not educated in the traditional school system with access to related counselling information or group support programs. C. To address and prevent problems faced by youth by operating a supervised youth centre that provides structured programs for children and youth not attending the tradit…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $125K | $157K | $127K | — | — | $18K |
| 2023 | $99K | $88K | $0 | — | $0 | -$13K |
| 2022 | $63K | $25K | $23K | — | — | $44K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $96K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$86K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Miller (director); Heather Burke (director); Ivan Beeckmans (director); Nour Ramzi (director); Dieter Limeback (secretary); Sudha Datta (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Passages Centre for Self-Directed Learning’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 717989537RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.