Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

Special Olympics Canada

Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118836337RR0001 · Public Amenities · website

Your $100, itemizedSpecial Olympics CanadaFiscal year ended June 30, 2024
Charitable programs$46
Gifts to other charities$35
Fundraising$13
Management & admin$6
TOTAL$100
Registered

Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($17,026,669) as filed with the CRA.

Special Olympics Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $18.3M in revenue and $17M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 36% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 39 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.

Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.

It reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $6M in 2024, the largest being $1.6M to Special Olympics Ontario Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.

In its own words

Enriching the lives of canadians with intellectual disabilities through sport. Provide sport training and competition opportunities for 42 000 athletes of all ages and abilities. National games and world games competitions are held in alternating years for summer and winter sports.

Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.

The ledger, 2020–2024

YearRevenueSpendingProgramsFundraisingGifts outNet assets
2024$18.3M$17M$7.8M$2.2M$6M$5.6M
2023$18.4M$18.4M$7.9M$2.7M$6.8M$4.4M
2022$15.4M$15.4M$6.4M$1.8M$6.4M$4.4M
2021$13.6M$13.2M$4.2M$863K$7.2M$4.3M
2020$13.5M$13.2M$2.8M$1.5M$4.8M$3.9M

Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.

Money between charities, 2024

Received $1.8M from 39 charities:

As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.

What it pays

Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:

  • $250,000–299,9991 position
  • $200,000–249,9991 position
  • $160,000–199,9993 positions
  • $120,000–159,9995 positions
  • $80,000–119,99910 positions
  • $40,000–79,99914 positions
  • Permanent full-time positions34
  • Total compensation, all staff$3.4M

Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.

Directors & trustees (2024)

Charles Bordeleau (director/past chair); Colin Ground (director/secretary); Dion Phaneuf (director); Yona Lunsky (director); Georgina Black (director); Lara Zink (director); Leona Aglukkaq (director); Niyousha Zarinpour (director/chair); Donna Carbell (director/vice chair); Pamela Lilley (director/treasurer); Sandra Sanderson (director); Susan Wang (director); Suzana Lobo (director); Shawn Redmond (director); Brian Etherington (director).

As listed on its 2024 return.

Check the source

Every figure on this page is from Special Olympics Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118836337RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.