The Career Foundation
Publicly funded institution · North York, Ontario · BN 122659048RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($19,270,798) as filed with the CRA.
The Career Foundation is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $19.3M in revenue and $19.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $59K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 175 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The organization provides employment services across Ontario to people who are in need and facing barriers to employment. On going services include career exploration employment counselling job search training and job placements for at risk youth women from vulnerable circumstances newcomers and refugees persons living with physical and mental disabilities people who are long term employed and depends on Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Services Program in order to cover their basic needs. The organization provides training in skilled trades customer service sales technology and …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19.3M | $19.3M | $18M | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2023 | $22M | $21.1M | $20M | — | — | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $19.6M | $19.1M | $7.1M | $1,836 | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $16.1M | $15.8M | $6M | $5,500 | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $13.1M | $13.1M | $4.4M | $112 | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $59K from 2 charities:
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 positions175
- Total compensation, all staff$8.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lyell Farquharson (director); Peter Thomas (treasurer); Tanya Hunte (director); Patricia Smith (director); Stephanie Bishop (director); Guido Romagnoli (director and chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Career Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122659048RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.