Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada/ Réadaptation en Déficience Visuelle Canada
Publicly funded institution · East York, Ontario · BN 708628896RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,244,007) as filed with the CRA.
Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada/ Réadaptation en Déficience Visuelle Canada is a charitable organization based in East York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $32.6M in revenue and $32.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,464.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 292 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada ) is a not-for-profit national health care organization and the leading provider of rehabilitation therapy and health care services for individuals with vision loss across Canada. We provide training that enables people who are blind or partially sighted to develop or restore key daily living skills helping enhance their independence safety and mobility. Our certified specialists work closely with ophthalmologists optometrists and other health care professionals providing essential care on a referral basis in homes and communities across Canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $32.6M | $32.2M | $30.5M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $31.7M | $31.5M | $29.7M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $29M | $28.4M | $26.7M | — | — | $66K |
| 2021 | $28.1M | $28M | $26.6M | — | — | $269K |
| 2020 | $28.3M | $28.1M | $26.8M | $0 | $0 | $62K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,464 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions292
- Total compensation, all staff$21.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tanya Packer (director); Mark Bona (director); Betty Nobel (director); John Magill (chair); Shanti Gidwani (director); Brian Hook (director); Shelagh Maloney (director); Daniel Zbacnik (treasurer); Heather Mackenzie (director); William Blight (director); Susan Scott Gabe (director); Francine Lemire (director); Donna Cripps (director); Robert Nightingale (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada/ Réadaptation en Déficience Visuelle Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 708628896RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.