Special Ability Riding Institute
Charitable organization · Arva, Ontario · BN 119159283RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($896,368) as filed with the CRA.
Special Ability Riding Institute is a charitable organization based in Arva, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $958K in revenue and $896K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 39% from donations, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $98K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Therapeutic riding program grooming program integrated summer camp little britches integrated program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $958K | $896K | $642K | $93K | — | $915K |
| 2023 | $920K | $854K | $599K | $81K | — | $854K |
| 2022 | $788K | $766K | $649K | $40K | — | $788K |
| 2021 | $712K | $587K | $499K | $24K | — | $767K |
| 2020 | $780K | $543K | $465K | $17K | — | $659K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $98K from 11 charities:
- London Community Foundation$44K
- The Lawson Foundation$15K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,874
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$6,000
- Woco Foundation$5,000
- The Brian and Heather Semkowski Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,232
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$1,519
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$102
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$506K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jared Alger (past president); Rees Greenberg (director); Indar Bhola (director); Laurie Gould (president); Cindy Rau (secretary); Emily Pellarin (treasurer); Katie Brown (director); Stephanie Haskell (director); Stephen Rowland (vice president); Rick Orser (director); Kristen Wise (director); Laura Pavilonis (director); Susan Smedley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Special Ability Riding Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119159283RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.