Toronto Cares Initiative
Charitable organization · York, Ontario · BN 736496076RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($228,522) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Cares Initiative is a charitable organization based in York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $242K in revenue and $229K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations, 23% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $74K.
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 91% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Homeless meals clothing drives produce market/food bank services Easter and Christmas gift programs back-to-school supplies and direct donation support through clients.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $242K | $229K | $229K | — | — | $25K |
| 2023 | $152K | $59K | $58K | — | $0 | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $74K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$60K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Owen R Dwyer (president); Esther Guttman (secretary); Jason Todd (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Cares Initiative’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 736496076RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.