The Jamaican Canadian Association
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 890534068RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($669,623) as filed with the CRA.
The Jamaican Canadian Association is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $765K in revenue and $670K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 13% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $249K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Family counselling regarding education and social issues providing social and cultural programs for the community and culturally sensitive services which support the diverse needs of the community targeting youth
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $765K | $670K | $564K | $78K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $794K | $793K | $671K | $81K | $0 | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $738K | $575K | $505K | $32K | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $555K | $527K | $432K | $53K | — | $892K |
| 2020 | $1M | $644K | $550K | $85K | — | $863K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $249K from 10 charities:
- The Atkinson Charitable Foundation$163K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$68K
- MLSE Foundation$6,175
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,311
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,231
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,740
- Toronto Foundation$2,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$116
- Ike Nizam Foundation of Canada$100
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$27
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$114K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michelle McKenzie-Dolly (director); Audrey Miller-Raybould (executive secretary); Kashane Denton (director of communications); Benito Palomino (director); Michelle Davis (director of fundraising); Charles Gordon (director); David Betty (president); Dorrett Mellis-Thompson (treasurer); Horace Wright (director-at-large); Yolande Davidson (scholarship chair); Audrey Campbell (nominations chair); Sandra Young (membership event committee cha); Lisa Rutty (membership services committe); Phiona Lloyd-Henry (education chair); Camille Hannays (women's committee chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Jamaican Canadian Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890534068RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.