Room 217 Foundation
Charitable organization · Port Perry, Ontario · BN 857285092RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($708,373) as filed with the CRA.
Room 217 Foundation is a charitable organization based in Port Perry, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $806K in revenue and $708K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $560K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
We are changing the culture of care by making music care a more primary approach to health and well-being. We empower caregiver - formal and informal - to integrate care into their practice with music care by room 217 tool strategies education and standards all part of inclusive music care by room 217 approach.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $806K | $708K | $51K | — | — | $747K |
| 2023 | $504K | $561K | $124K | $53K | — | $650K |
| 2022 | $570K | $557K | $503K | — | — | $733K |
| 2021 | $709K | $421K | $348K | — | — | $347K |
| 2020 | $823K | $573K | $516K | — | — | $275K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $560K from 16 charities:
- The Azrieli Foundation$121K
- Karis Trust$120K
- FAVDTR Foundation$75K
- Mariann Trust$55K
- J and W Murphy Foundation$50K
- The George Lunan Foundation$50K
- The Foster Hewitt Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Randy Starkman Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Wolrige Foundation$2,500
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Durham Community Foundation$1,000
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$362K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sonia Brown (past chair); Cynthia Friesen (vice chair); John Guest (secretary/treasurer); Rob Foster (founding director); Stephen Ward (chair); Heather Heaman (director); Lizzie Cody (director); Sarah Tunney (director); Alison Kenny-Gardhouse (director); Rachel Friedrich (director); Kate Dupuis (director); Bev Foster (founding director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Room 217 Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857285092RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.