The 519 Church Street Community Centre
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119310761RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,438,266) as filed with the CRA.
The 519 Church Street Community Centre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $11.5M in revenue and $11.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 46% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 45 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 77 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $133K in 2024, the largest being $40K to Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.5M in 2020 to $11.5M in 2024.
In its own words
The 519 is a City of Toronto agency and a registered charity that provides space leadership and service to the broader LGBTQ community. From providing vital supports to LGBTQ newcomers and refugees to developing new education and training programs to combat transphobic and homophobic language in the workplace to creating opportunities for engaging LGBTQ members in sport. the 519 works to create a warm and welcoming environment that allows individuals groups and organizations to be themselves and excel. The 519's mandate is to contribute to the advancement of LGBTQ equity and inclusion in T…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.5M | $11.4M | $9M | $1.1M | $184K | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $10.3M | $10.2M | $7.5M | $1.7M | $45K | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $8.7M | $8.7M | $7.6M | $325K | $0 | $2M |
| 2021 | $6.7M | $6.1M | $5.2M | $280K | $40K | $2M |
| 2020 | $6.5M | $6.1M | $5.2M | $284K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $133K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $1.3M from 45 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$609K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$153K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$73K
- Canadahelps Canadon$73K
- Barry and Laurie Green Family Charitable Trust$38K
- Aqueduct Foundation$35K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$31K
- MLSE Foundation$29K
- The P.austin Family Foundation$25K
- Rotary Club of Toronto Charitable Foundation$20K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$16K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$15K
- The Slaight Family Foundation$10K
- Second Harvest Canada$10K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$10K
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$9,452
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation$8,490
- Creekside Church$5,000
- The Murray Frum Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- FCR Thriving Neighbourhoods Foundation$5,000
- Dr. Lou and Mae Lukenda Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Langar Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$4,050
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
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions77
- Total compensation, all staff$5.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The 519 Church Street Community Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119310761RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.