The Ontario Association of Distress Centres
Publicly funded institution · Drumbo, Ontario · BN 119248540RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($298,211) as filed with the CRA.
The Ontario Association of Distress Centres is a charitable organization based in Drumbo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $314K in revenue and $298K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $18.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Eudcating and training for members and the communtiy at large advocacy for the sector of mental health & addictions and suicidality networking opportunities for the membership
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $314K | $298K | $132K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $296K | $285K | $142K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $303K | $284K | $109K | — | — | $145K |
| 2021 | $300K | $294K | $240K | — | — | $125K |
| 2020 | $303K | $262K | $197K | — | — | $119K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$167K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Donnelly (director); Shri Kalyanasundaram (director); Diwa Satkunanathan (treasurer); Valery Brosseau (board chair); Mark Howarth (vice treasurer); Benjamin Zaiser (vice chair); Eli Labaky (director); Sneha Sathaye (director); Shady Abboud (richmond); Goomatee (neta) Deonarain-Gear (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ontario Association of Distress Centres’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119248540RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.