Traverse Independence Not-For-Profit
Publicly funded institution · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 107820524RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,886,766) as filed with the CRA.
Traverse Independence Not-For-Profit is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $7M in revenue and $6.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,025.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 110 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
A)provides personal support services toadults with acquired brain injury and physical disability and teaches independence at these 5 locations: strasburg road union lane tagge street stanley avenue fergusson place. B)operates a day program for adults with aquired brain injury. This provides recreational and educational opportunities and is referred to as the opportunity centre and beginnings c)provides independence training to adults with acquired brain injury on an outreach basis and is referred to as outreach program d)fee for service personal support program to adults with acquired brai…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $6.9M | $5.9M | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $6.3M | $6.7M | $5.8M | — | — | $804K |
| 2022 | $6.4M | $6.5M | $5.6M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $6.4M | $6.1M | $5.3M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $5.8M | $6M | $5.2M | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,025 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions110
- Total compensation, all staff$5.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Gross (president); Adrienne Farrell (vice president); Margaret Penner (director); Mike Simpson (secretary-treasurer); Sara Almadhoun (director); Lynn Rubinstein (director); Cassy Keilbar (director); VIC Maciulis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Traverse Independence Not-For-Profit’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107820524RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.