Special Olympics Ontario Inc.
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119068435RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($10,271,215) as filed with the CRA.
Special Olympics Ontario Inc. 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 $10.3M in revenue and $10.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 71 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4M.
Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Special olympics ontario inc. Is a provincial organization providing athletes with intellectual disability the opportunity to experience and succeed in sports and recreational activities. About 23 000 registered athletes were actively involved in more than 4 300 accredited club programs across the province assisted by over 12 000 registered volunteers. The charity has held numerous sporting events throughout the years including provincial games competitions and local and regional competitions. Youth focused programs such as active start for children 2-6 years of age and fundamentals for youth …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.3M | $10.3M | $9.4M | $327K | — | $6.4M |
| 2023 | $9.1M | $8.4M | $7.7M | $260K | — | $6.4M |
| 2022 | $8.3M | $7.6M | $4.6M | $703K | — | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $5.8M | $5.2M | $4.5M | $250K | — | $5M |
| 2020 | $8.7M | $8.9M | $8M | $439K | — | $4.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4M from 71 charities:
- Special Olympics Canada$1.6M
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$825K
- Canadian Special Olympics Foundation$658K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$200K
- The Joseph Lebovic Charitable Foundation$155K
- The DR. Wolf Lebovic Charitable Foundation$150K
- Wizard Foundation$85K
- The Wayne Gretzky Foundation (canada)$55K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$33K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$31K
- Abundance Canada$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- The Marcel and Frances Labelle Foundation$15K
- Foundation for Human Development$6,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$5,500
- Niagara Peninsula Foundation for Children$5,500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$5,330
- United Way Simcoe Muskoka$5,000
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$5,000
- Healthier Tomorrows Individual Giving Program$3,953
- Oxford Community Foundation$3,378
- The Stephanie and Barry Zekelman Foundation$3,000
- Dac Foundation for People With Special Needs$2,500
- Kenora & Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation$2,390
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Bryden (director); Aly Champsi (director chair); Gillian Dingle (director secretary); Shemina Jiwani (director fundraising); Julia Romualdi (director); Devin Singh (director); Darcy Montgomery (director); Shelly Lowe (director vice chair); James Macsween (director); Nicole Da Silva (director); Liza Lemieuz (director audit chair); Lindsay Hamilton (director); Cody Jansma (president and ceo).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Special Olympics Ontario Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119068435RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.