The Canadian Council of the Blind
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119218899RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,337,758) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Council of the Blind is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.2M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $75K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
During this fiscal period the canadian council of the blind continued to further its mission by continuing our existing programs. These programs are designed to support and enhance the lives of individuals who are blind or living with vision loss across canada. Two key programs that have and continue to be instrumental in achieving our objectives this year are the mobile eye clinic and the get together with technology (gtt) program. The mobile eye clinic operates by travelling across eastern ontario providing essential eye health services directly to communities especially those often ov…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.3M | $2.6M | $316K | — | $941K |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.1M | $2.4M | $302K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $2.9M | $2.3M | $285K | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $2.9M | $2.4M | $131K | — | $890K |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $2.5M | $1.9M | $257K | — | $677K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $75K from 24 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$45K
- The Victoria Foundation$7,692
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,487
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,092
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,337
- The Foundation Office.ca$2,000
- The Connor Clark & Lunn Foundation$2,000
- The Douglas A. Smith Family Foundation$1,500
- Abundance Canada$1,300
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$482
- Starlite Charitable Trust$300
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$193
- United Way of Greater Toronto$177
- Nanaksar Gurdwara - Gursikh Temple$160
- The Generalate of the Sisters of the Precious Blood$126
- Faith Tabernacle of London$80
- Les Moniales Carmélites de Montréal$64
- The Welcome Home$48
- Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario$25
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- Les Missionnaires Oblates de Saint-Boniface—
- The Sisters of the Presentation—
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$779K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Hannett (board member); Heidi White (board member); Michelle Bartram (board member); Elizabeth Mayo (board member); Lori Shea (board member); Sharon Ruttan (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Council of the Blind’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119218899RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.