Peacebuilders International (canada)
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 838776524RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,483,900) as filed with the CRA.
Peacebuilders International (canada) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 15% from government, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $238K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Youth Circles: Restorative justice program funded by Justice Canada. To divert youths at risk from: joining gangs criminal justice system disciplinary processes of Safe School Act Peace circles in school: restorative discipline approach designed to train teachers staff & students to participate in circles lead circles and applications in the school setting. City of Toronto crisis response intervention & prevention. Bounce back: Host weekly skill and experiential based supportive training and group work for youth community leaders preparing them to become local ambassadords for their comm…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.5M | $1M | — | — | $429K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $566K | $157K | — | $559K |
| 2022 | $1M | $952K | $578K | $52K | — | $582K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $794K | $84K | — | $500K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $880K | $68K | — | $263K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $238K from 13 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$114K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$33K
- Liuna Local 183 Charitable Foundation$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- Laidlaw Foundation$10K
- The Nixon Charitable Foundation$10K
- Alexander E Grossman Foundation$5,000
- Robert Kerr Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Toronto Foundation$5,000
- The Fuller Giving Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,615
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$97
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$996K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sammir Assaf (director); Eva Marszewski (director); Michael Ceccarelli (director); Andrew Freedman (director); Geoffrey Goad (director); Stephanie Digiuseppe (director); Gowtham Vijayakumara Vijayakumaran (director); Brian Scully (advocacy); Keneca Pingue-Giles (co-chair); David D'Cruz (treasurer); Miriam Henry (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Peacebuilders International (canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838776524RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.