Variety Village
Charitable organization · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 123625618RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($6,980,641) as filed with the CRA.
Variety Village is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $7.1M in revenue and $7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from government, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $92K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 21 names.
In its own words
Variety Village operates an inclusive sports and fitness complex. The facility runs many activities and social enterprises including specialized programing and camps for underprivileged individuals with disabilities and promotes physical activity and education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.1M | $7M | $5.7M | $208K | — | $395K |
| 2023 | $6.8M | $6.2M | $5.1M | $104K | — | $295K |
| 2022 | $5.2M | $5.2M | $4.3M | $14K | — | -$369K |
| 2021 | $4.3M | $4.3M | $3.5M | $17K | — | -$407K |
| 2020 | $5.8M | $5.7M | $4.8M | $18K | — | -$415K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $92K from 11 charities:
- Toronto Fire Fighters Charities Inc.$23K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$18K
- Jays CARE Foundation$10K
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$8,200
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$8,200
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,598
- Wise Family Foundation$7,000
- The Kiwanis Club of Riverdale Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$2,858
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,553
- Wawos Canada$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$3.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Safer (director); Karen Stintz (president and ceo); John Willson (treasurer); Charles Taerk (vice chair); Anita Billing (cfo); Jordan Assaraf (chair); Jeff Armstrong (director); Alex Bowles (director); Maria Vradis (director); Shahriar Syedshahin (director); Mark Palmer (director); Michelle Way (director); Neil Claydon (director); Gerard Arbour (director); Alexandra Hyland (director); Kate Dobrucki (director); Graeme Switzer (director); Karin Ots (director); Elayne Miles (director); Al D'Addese (director); David Brown (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Variety Village’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123625618RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.