Social Innovation Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 822371969RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,838,181) as filed with the CRA.
Social Innovation Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
'Provides workshops conferences and demonstration projects on Social Innovation research and similar topics including evaluation and systems change. Supports activities specifically in the social and environmental entrepreneurship sector to provide employment training tools and services to impoverished unemployed persons Works to provide Canadian registered charities with access to shared services workspaces and other infrastructures at below market rates'
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $2.8M | $2.7M | $4,332 | — | $323K |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $3.1M | $2.9M | $77K | — | $55K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.9M | — | — | $27K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $130K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $94K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.7M from 20 charities:
- RBC Foundation$300K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$265K
- The Northpine Foundation$225K
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation$200K
- Seamont Foundation-Fondation Seamont$150K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$117K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$115K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$102K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$100K
- The Victoria Foundation$55K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$50K
- The Lawson Foundation$15K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$15K
- The Counselling Foundation of Canada$10K
- Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,258
- La Xaviére Au Canada$3,000
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$1,000
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$131
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darcy Riddell (director); Michael Seberich (director); Ben Weinlick (director); Jonathan Yu (treasurer); Noura Kamel (director); Amanuel Melles (director); Tim Draimin (chair); Marilyn Struthers (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Social Innovation Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822371969RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.