The Durham District School Board
Publicly funded institution · Whitby, Ontario · BN 107270894RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,167,645,961) as filed with the CRA.
The Durham District School Board is a charitable organization based in Whitby, 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 $1.2B in revenue and $1.2B in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 7,222 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.1B | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $997.6M | $987.8M | $939.6M | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $945.9M | $934.8M | $899.4M | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $902.4M | $869.5M | $825.3M | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $845.2M | $878.1M | $155.6M | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $31K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7,222
- Total compensation, all staff$955.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michelle Arseneault (trustee); Tracy Brown (trustee); Emma Cunningham (trustee); Donna Edwards (trustee); Mark Jacula (trustee); Stephen Linton (trustee); Kelly Miller (trustee); Carolyn Morton (chairperson); Debora Oldfield (trustee); Shailene Panylo (trustee); Christine Thatcher (vice chairperson).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Durham District School Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107270894RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.