Realize / Réalise
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 856995535RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,109,948) as filed with the CRA.
Realize / Réalise is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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, 2022, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,059.
Compared with 687 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $703K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Rganize and hold meeting of health and rehabilitation professionals and hiv and other episodic disability community members to discuss best practices in rehabilitation in the context of hiv and other episodic disabilities. Maintains website to identify and link rehabilitation programs for people living with hiv and other episodic disabilities to assist the public families and caregivers with information and resources. Organize and present webinars workshops courses think tanks and seminars and issues of concern for healthcare providers policymakers and people living with hiv and other ep…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $986K | — | $10K | $219K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $915K | — | — | $238K |
| 2020 | $703K | $662K | $598K | — | — | $167K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,059 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$620K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Daniel Sands (member at large); Paul Curwin (co-chair); Gayle Restall (member at large); Ellison Brian (secretary); Shaun Proulx (member at large); Shanti Gidwani (treasurer); Nicole Salmon (member at large); Naomi Sayers (member at large).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Realize / Réalise’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856995535RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.