Toronto District School Board
Publicly funded institution · North York, Ontario · BN 895788222RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,224,156,385) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto District School Board is a charitable organization based in North York, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $4.2B in revenue and $4.2B in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 59 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 26,085 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 101 qualified donees totalling $440K in 2024, the largest being $239K to The Terry Fox Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We value each and every student's interests strengths passions identities and perspectives on their education partnerships with students parents/caregivers/guardians staff- community partners and education partners. A strong public education system that promotes full participation by identifying removing and preventing accessibility barriers so that all students including students with disabilities/special education needs and intersecting identities are provided with opportunities to relize their full potential. The diversity of students parents/caregivers/guardians staff communi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2B | $4.2B | $4.2B | — | $440K | -$791.3M |
| 2023 | $3.6B | $3.4B | $3.3B | — | $531K | -$774.2M |
| 2022 | $3.4B | $3.5B | $3.4B | — | $435K | -$19.3M |
| 2021 | $3.5B | $3.4B | $3.3B | — | $179K | $68.9M |
| 2020 | $3.3B | $3.3B | $3.2B | — | $538K | $24.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $440K to 101 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Terry Fox Foundation$239K
- Canadian Cancer Society$19K
- Royal Canadian Legion North York (ontario No 66) Branch Poppy Fund the$16K
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$13K
- StayWell Suites Charity$13K
- Sickkids Charitable Giving Fund$10K
- Covenant House Toronto$9,925
- Water First Education and Training Inc.$8,757
- Plan International Canada Inc.$7,640
- United Way of Greater Toronto$6,044
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$5,844
- Agincourt Community Services Association Inc.$5,514
- True North Aid$4,949
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation$4,813
- Strides Toronto Support Services$4,147
- Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre$3,604
- Toronto Foundation for Student Success$3,400
- Sistering-A Woman's Place$3,129
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$3,000
- Home Instead Charities$2,871
- The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation$2,777
- Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness$2,660
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$2,644
- Scarborough Food Security Initiative$2,644
- Scarborough Health Network Foundation$2,544
Received $1.3M from 59 charities:
- Toronto Foundation for Student Success$611K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$100K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$75K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$53K
- Toronto Foundation$49K
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- Supporters of Etobicoke School of the Arts Talent$34K
- Makeway Foundation$30K
- Moez & Marissa Kassam Foundation$26K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$24K
- Indigo Love of Reading Foundation$23K
- Indigo Love of Reading Foundation$20K
- The Quinn Family Future Foundation$20K
- James Raymond McCall Memorial Fund$18K
- Aqueduct Foundation$18K
- Indigo Love of Reading Foundation$17K
- Indigo Love of Reading Foundation$13K
- The Ralph M. Barford Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$9,995
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$9,160
- The Margaret Jean Leppington Foundation$7,551
- The Schneider Family Foundation$5,500
- The Kiwanis Club of Riverdale Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Paul and Elizabeth Martin Foundation$5,000
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
- $250,000–299,9995 positions
- $200,000–249,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26,085
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4B
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Colleen Russell-Rawlins (director of education); Stacey Zucker (associate director mod strat); Louise Sirisko (associate director instr inno); Audley Salmon (associate director learning); Leola Pon (associate director org tran).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto District School Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895788222RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.