The Rekai Centres
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 888813474RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($26,965,131) as filed with the CRA.
The Rekai Centres is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $29.9M in revenue and $27M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $150K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 162 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The rekai centres ('the centre') was incorporated in 1988 under the corporations act (ontario) as a corporation without share capital and was the first multilingual long-term care facility in the city of toronto the centre is licensed for 126 residents at sherbourne place ('sp') and 150 residents at wellesley central place ('wcp'). The centre is currently operating based on a capacity of up to 90 residents at its sp location and up to 150 at the wcp location. Sp a class c bed facility had its operating capacity reduced from 126 beds to 90 beds as a result of the ministry of long-term care'…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29.9M | $27M | $25.8M | — | — | $28.9M |
| 2023 | $26.4M | $24.6M | $23.6M | — | — | $26M |
| 2022 | $25.9M | $24.3M | $23.3M | — | — | $24.2M |
| 2021 | $25.6M | $23.8M | $22.7M | — | — | $22.7M |
| 2020 | $25.2M | $23.4M | $22.5M | — | — | $20.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $150K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions162
- Total compensation, all staff$18.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Rekai (chair); Gordon Davies (vice-chair); Geoff Mills (treasurer); Hugh Innes (secretary); Elie Newman (director); Leslie Sorenson (director); Cindy Bowden (director); Janet Dalicandro (director); Valerie Carter (director); Peter Lukasiewicz (director); Lal Wanniappa (director); Sean McCrorie (director); Martha Tory (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Rekai Centres’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888813474RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.