Stephen Lewis Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 896354008RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($8,955,683) as filed with the CRA.
Stephen Lewis Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $9.1M in revenue and $9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 111 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.4M.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The stephen lewis foundaiton works with community-led organizations which provide amongst other services counseling and education about hiv prevention care and treatment; distribute food medication and other necessities; reach those affected by hiv and aids through community based health care; help care for orphans and vulnerable children including education; support grandmothers caring for their grandchildren; support education and advocacy for women and people living with hiv and aids.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.1M | $9M | $6.5M | $1.7M | — | $3.6M |
| 2023 | $9.4M | $9.2M | $6.5M | $2M | — | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $9.4M | $10.8M | $8.1M | $1.9M | — | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $11M | $10.1M | $7.9M | $1.5M | — | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $11M | $10.5M | $7.9M | $1.3M | — | $3.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.4M from 111 charities:
- James Family Foundation$1M
- Canadahelps Canadon$253K
- Canadahelps Canadon$253K
- The First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa$100K
- The Stollery Charitable Foundation$100K
- The Blue Lupin Foundation$85K
- Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Humanity Fund$75K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$59K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$43K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$40K
- The Foundation Office.ca$30K
- Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions Inc.$30K
- The Calgary Foundation$30K
- The Pindoff Family Charitable Foundation$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$22K
- Toronto Foundation$21K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$20K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$20K
- The Alexander Charles Foundation$18K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$17K
- ST Paul's United Church$17K
- Wheeler Family Foundation$15K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$14K
- The K M Hunter Charitable Foundation$14K
- Canada Gives$13K
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
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Lewis (chair); David Morley (co-chair); Notisha Massaquoi (secretary); Srinivas Murthy (board member); Sarah Feeney (treasurer); Colin Druhan (board member); Mandeep Dhaliwal (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Stephen Lewis Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896354008RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.