Resources for Exceptional Children
Publicly funded institution · Ajax, Ontario · BN 122096407RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,477,802) as filed with the CRA.
Resources for Exceptional Children is a charitable organization based in Ajax, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $9.6M in revenue and $9.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,047.
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 61% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 53 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3,808 in 2020 to $9.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Resources for exceptional children and youth – durham region will assist the family to enhance their child’s participation in their community and support the family to advocate for services that they require. Resources for exceptional children and youth – durham region will work in partnership with agencies and organizations to foster an inclusive continuum of service and facilitate the community’s capacity to respond to the family needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.6M | $9.5M | $8.7M | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $9,596 | $9,428 | $5,270 | — | — | $177K |
| 2022 | $6,034 | $15K | $7,302 | — | — | $177K |
| 2021 | $23K | $13K | $9,126 | — | — | $186K |
| 2020 | $3,808 | $9,653 | $8,873 | — | — | $175K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,047 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions53
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tharmila Apputhurai (director); Anirban Chatterjee (director); Jennifer Cooke (secretary-trasurer); Danica Cross (vice-president); Anne Joyce (director); Melissa Morrison (director); Sheryl Swerbrick (president); Eloise Wyre (director); Shona Marie Casola (executive director); Akeem Stewart (director); Cynthia Waugh (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Resources for Exceptional Children’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122096407RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.