Raising the Roof chez Toit
Charitable organization · York, Ontario · BN 139744569RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,403,576) as filed with the CRA.
Raising the Roof chez Toit is a charitable organization based in York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $876K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $45K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Phoenix Youth Programs. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $736K in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Raise funds and distribute grants to partner agencies implementing long term and preventive solutions to homelessness in canada. The wraparound support program provides construction social enterprise employers with the capacity they need to support people experiencing and at risk of homelessness to build long-term well-paying construction industry careers. The reside program repurposes existing vacant to create youth employment and affordable housing. Public education campaign to inform the public about homelessness and its solutions through various media outlets and campaigns. Partnershi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $2.4M | $1.7M | $232K | $50K | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $186K | $56K | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $774K | $145K | $42K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $750K | $221K | $39K | $390K |
| 2020 | $736K | $679K | $391K | $74K | $37K | $207K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $45K to 9 qualified donees:
- Phoenix Youth Programs$5,000
- Safe Haven Foundation of Canada$5,000
- Grande Prairie Youth Emergency Shelter Society$5,000
- Pacific Community Resources Society$5,000
- YWCA NWT$5,000
- Community CARE - ST. Catharines and Thorold$5,000
- Harvest House Atlantic Inc.$5,000
- Women's Hostels Incorporated$5,000
- Redwood Park Communities Inc.$5,000
Received $876K from 21 charities:
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$250K
- Tachane Foundation Inc.$150K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$120K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$112K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$100K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$40K
- The Chawkers foundation$30K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$30K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$11K
- The Lawson Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,415
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$5,000
- Makeway Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,702
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$776
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$615
- Toronto Foundation$574
- The Noori Affordable Housing Foundation$500
- University Community Church$435
- The G.Scott Paterson Foundation$250
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$48
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
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$618K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brandon Day (director); Elisa Traficante (director); Simon Welsz (director); Matt Yunger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Raising the Roof chez Toit’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139744569RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.