StopGap Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 846755239RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($324,035) as filed with the CRA.
StopGap Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $276K in revenue and $324K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,700 in 2024, the largest being $2,700 to Canadahelps Canadon. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
(1) to relieve conditions associated with disability by installing specialty adapted wheelchair ramps in and around canada through community ramp projects. (2) to increase the public's understanding and knowledge of people living with disabilities by providing presentations and workshops.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $276K | $324K | $282K | $14K | $2,700 | $171K |
| 2023 | $311K | $267K | $242K | $1,618 | $3,600 | $219K |
| 2022 | $243K | $194K | $180K | $364 | — | $175K |
| 2021 | $140K | $120K | $111K | — | — | $126K |
| 2020 | $248K | $183K | $175K | — | — | $105K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,700 to 1 qualified donee:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,700
Received $34K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,677
- BenefAction Foundation$300
- United Way of Greater Toronto$200
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$130
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
- Troop Impact Foundation—
- Troop Impact Foundation—
- Silence: Guelph's Portal for Adventurous New Sound Events—
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$235K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allison Bone (vice chair); Max Halparin (board member); Russell Winkelaar (board member); Ayesha Zubair (chair); Mike Johnson (treasurer); Hilary Johnston (board member - events); Shelby Firsten (board member); Oda Al Anizi (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from StopGap Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846755239RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.