The Paddle Program
Charitable organization · North Bay, Ontario · BN 780796918RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($590,881) as filed with the CRA.
The Paddle Program is a charitable organization based in North Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $728K in revenue and $591K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 48% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $149K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $327K in 2020 to $728K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The paddle program offers structured meaningful inclusive and community-based activities for adults with developmental disabilities who can no longer attend school due to their age. It hosts 4 classrooms a large kitchen for life skills programs and enjoying time together an academic room where class lessons take place computer skills are learned and other learning opportunities happen a music room where the coordinator and other musicians share their gift of music and allow participants to expand their own a snoezelen type room that allows for individuals to decompress relax and experi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $728K | $591K | $446K | $86K | — | $450K |
| 2023 | $331K | $294K | $228K | $36K | — | $313K |
| 2022 | $263K | $267K | $223K | $17K | — | $276K |
| 2021 | $262K | $210K | $177K | $12K | — | $279K |
| 2020 | $327K | $297K | $240K | $27K | — | $227K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $149K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- The Harry E Foster Charitable Foundation$15K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$10K
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- United Way Centraide North East Ontario / Nord-est de l'Ontario$4,992
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation$2,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,099
- Rebuilt Resources Skills Development Inc$1,000
- The Georgina Foundation$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$95
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$360K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lori Venasse (president); Judy Camirand (treasurer); Lynda Ceppetelli (director); Teresa Mathews (director); Tracy Phillips (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Paddle Program’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 780796918RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.