The Toronto Waldorf School
Publicly funded institution · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 132350950RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($9,098,793) as filed with the CRA.
The Toronto Waldorf School is a charitable organization based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $9.3M in revenue and $9.1M in expenditures.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $256K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 57 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The charity provides education to pre-school elementary and secondary students based on the philosophies of rudolph steiner.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.3M | $9.1M | $7.8M | $6,072 | — | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $8.9M | $8.7M | $7.4M | $3,631 | — | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $8.3M | $8.2M | $6.9M | — | $100 | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $7.7M | $7.6M | $6.3M | $551 | $100 | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $7.7M | $7.6M | $6.4M | $9,852 | — | $12.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $256K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions57
- Total compensation, all staff$6.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Helene Gross (pedagogical admin); Angelo Zacchero (director of finance/adm); Kanchen Sandu (director); Stacy Sugar (secretary); Julie Folino (director); Jonathan Snow (director); Mohamed Alighai (director); Ernesto Lautaro Seligman (director); Vishal Sharma (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Toronto Waldorf School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132350950RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.