The Canadian National Institute For The Blind
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119219459RR0003 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($88,062,601) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian National Institute For The Blind is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $100.9M in revenue and $88.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 292 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 378 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 21 names.
In its own words
CNIB is a registered charity passionately providing community-based support knowledge and a national voice to ensure Canadians who are blind or partially sighted have the confidence skills and opportunities to fully participate in life. To do that our dedicated specialists work with people of all ages in their home communities or local CNIB office - providing the personalized support they need to see beyond vision loss build their independence and lead the lives they want. In addition to our community-based services we strive to eliminate avoidable sight loss with world-class r…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $100.9M | $88.1M | $58.1M | $15.1M | $0 | $67.7M |
| 2023 | $87.8M | $79.5M | $45.9M | $14.3M | — | $63M |
| 2022 | $79.5M | $68.1M | $38.6M | $16.1M | $667K | $55.3M |
| 2021 | $81.5M | $67.9M | $35.5M | $16M | $5.7M | $63.6M |
| 2020 | $72.4M | $82.2M | $53.4M | $14.7M | $15.5M | $50.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6M from 292 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$708K
- Smith-Homestead Foundation$500K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$450K
- Aqueduct Foundation$443K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$304K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$286K
- The Victoria Foundation$264K
- Canadahelps Canadon$190K
- Canadahelps Canadon$190K
- The Morningview Foundation$150K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$138K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$123K
- The Calgary Foundation$107K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$100K
- The Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation$100K
- RBC Foundation$95K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$88K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$53K
- BenefAction Foundation$53K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$52K
- The Margaret Roche-Heywood Foundation$51K
- United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$50K
- Gordon & Ruth Gooder Charitable Foundation$50K
- The Whitearn Foundation/la Fondation Whitearn$50K
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$50K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions378
- Total compensation, all staff$29.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Penner (immediate past chair); Carrie Anton (board member); Neil Graham (board member); Penny Hartin (board member); Susaan Lindley (board member); Tara Niekamp (board member); Bradley McPherson (board member); Kelsie Montgomery (board member); James Rumble (board member); David Bryane (board member); Jane Muir Savidant (board member); Robert Fenton (chair); Tim Murphy (board member); Bakari Savage (board member); Stephanie Fry (board member); Jason Mitschele (board member); Mark Collett (treasurer); Jonathan Wood (board member); Louise Michaud (board member); Scott Best (board member); Paula Pepin Huneault (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian National Institute For The Blind’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119219459RR0003), or read how we compute the receipt.