The York School
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 108226242RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($33,250,477) as filed with the CRA.
The York School is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $35.7M in revenue and $33.3M in expenditures.
In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $973K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 172 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $454 in 2024, the largest being $250 to Covenant House Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
International Baccalaureate Education Programs from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $35.7M | $33.3M | $28.8M | $790K | $454 | $21.8M |
| 2023 | $33M | $31.5M | $27.5M | $707K | $903 | $20.4M |
| 2022 | $28.4M | $27.5M | $24.1M | $524K | $890 | $19.5M |
| 2021 | $26.8M | $24.6M | $21.5M | $464K | $408 | $19M |
| 2020 | $27.2M | $24.2M | $21.4M | $398K | $1,043 | $17.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $454 to 3 qualified donees:
Received $973K from 20 charities:
- Canada Gives$200K
- Hal Jackman Foundation$125K
- The Ricky and Peter Cohen Family Foundation$100K
- The Waugh Family Foundation$100K
- George and Helen Vari Foundation$100K
- Cidel Foundation$63K
- Beekay Foundation$55K
- The Robert Harding Foundation$50K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$41K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$32K
- The Caring Foundation$25K
- The Sarah And David Kaufman Family Foundation$25K
- Angus Glen Foundation$15K
- Toronto Foundation$13K
- The Sharp Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$7,875
- Albert and Temmy Latner Family Foundation$5,000
- Cidel Foundation$3,750
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,045
- Conam Charitable Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions172
- Total compensation, all staff$21.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ted Betts (director); Kristin Blakely Kozman (director); Brian Burke (director); Jessica Caplan Ross (director); Louwellyn D'Souza (director); Leonard Diplock (director); Krista Hill (chair of the board); Sandra Nagy (director); Raman Rai (director); LILI Shalev Shawn (director); Stacey Weisberg (director); Patricia McMahon (director); Alexis Charest-Descomme (director); Benjie Thomas (director); Erica O'Born (director); Robert Weinberg (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The York School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108226242RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.