Responsible Gambling Council (ontario)
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 106846462RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,415,034) as filed with the CRA.
Responsible Gambling Council (ontario) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $10.4M in revenue and $10.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $7.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We undertake research and public awareness programs designed to prevent gambling related problems. Our programs include: problem gambling prevention themed drama touring ontario high schools interactive problem gambling prevention program touring ontario university campuses social marketing campaign problem gambling awareness month weekly electronic newsletter information website and responsible gambling information centres in ontario casinos.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.4M | $10.4M | $7.4M | — | — | $400K |
| 2023 | $9M | $9M | $6.3M | — | — | $379K |
| 2022 | $6.2M | $6.2M | $4.4M | — | — | $386K |
| 2021 | $4.8M | $4.8M | $3.4M | — | — | $385K |
| 2020 | $8.5M | $8.5M | $7M | — | — | $384K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$6.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yvon Lemire (board chair); Shaila Mehta (treasurer); Wan-Peng Sun (member of board); Bev Mehmel (vice chair of the board); Jim Engel (secretary); Harry Gousopoulos (member of the board); Julie Diane Nolte (member of the board); Hamlin Grange (past chair of the board).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Responsible Gambling Council (ontario)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106846462RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.