STEER Friends
Private foundation · Stouffville, Ontario · BN 778679712RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($680,212) as filed with the CRA.
STEER Friends is a private foundation based in Stouffville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $726K in revenue and $680K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $117K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $271K in 2020 to $726K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To provide day support and services to people with medical physical and mental disabilities to enrich the lives of people with disabilities by fostering their personal development and enabling them to become more independant active and contributing members of their communities. To provide a high level of care to people supported while respecting each person's safety comfort and dignity
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $726K | $680K | $599K | $82K | — | $144K |
| 2023 | $580K | $587K | $587K | — | — | $99K |
| 2022 | $454K | $422K | $422K | — | — | $106K |
| 2021 | $381K | $386K | $386K | — | — | $120K |
| 2020 | $271K | $145K | $145K | — | — | $125K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $117K from 7 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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$437K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maureen Hall (director); Jacqueline Hall-Fusco (director); Ashley Aziz (secretary); Mark Anderson (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from STEER Friends’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 778679712RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.