The Participation House Project (durham Region)
Publicly funded institution · Whitby, Ontario · BN 119250199RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,154,399) as filed with the CRA.
The Participation House Project (durham Region) is a charitable organization based in Whitby, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $8.3M in revenue and $8.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 65 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The primary purpose of the organization is to provide and maintain residential facilities for physically disabled persons and to provide care and education to them. Ph durham also creates community and activities for disabled people.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.3M | $8.2M | $7.6M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $7.7M | $7.5M | $6.9M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $6.9M | $6.8M | $6.1M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $6.9M | $6.9M | $6M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $6.5M | $6.6M | $5.9M | — | — | $801K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $28K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions65
- Total compensation, all staff$5.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Ceci (board chair); Marie Granieri (director/ secretary); Susan Richardson (director/ treasurer); Kerri Callaghan (director); Jenny Autry (director); Caroline Kassee (director); Clare Michaels (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Participation House Project (durham Region)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119250199RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.