Routes Connecting Communities Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Sutton West, Ontario · BN 888551868RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,904,356) as filed with the CRA.
Routes Connecting Communities Inc. is a charitable organization based in Sutton West, 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 $2M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $256K.
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 100% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $322K in 2024, the largest being $289K to Women's Centre of York Region. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $490K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provides transportation for those who are restricted by poverty physical disabilities mental illness developmental disabilities and other disabilities. Also enables to the basic necessities of life such as medical employment and educational opportunities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.9M | — | $322K | $688K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $96 | — | $613K |
| 2022 | $959K | $942K | $903K | $445 | — | $528K |
| 2021 | $664K | $615K | $485K | $85K | — | $511K |
| 2020 | $490K | $457K | $456K | $784 | — | $463K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $322K to 6 qualified donees:
- Women's Centre of York Region$289K
- Sima (seniors Iranian Multicultural Association)$11K
- York Region Food Network$7,500
- Fast Track-Community Centre for Skills Development and Training$7,500
- Hospice Georgina$4,500
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$3,000
Received $256K from 4 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
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$802K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tracey Carrigan (chair); Anita David (secretary); Leo Kinahan (vice chair); Natalie Floyd (director); Ted Madden (director); Dean Yeats (director); Sanjeeka Kantharupan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Routes Connecting Communities Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888551868RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.