West Neighbourhood House
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119257525RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,480,392) as filed with the CRA.
West Neighbourhood House is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $15.7M in revenue and $15.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 142 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Pre-schooler and parenting supports; 6 to 12 year old children after-school and day camp programs; youth leadership training employment preparation and support; health promotion; adult literacy; supports for abused women and children; academic upgrading; computer training financial problem-solving financial coaching education and empowerment; immigrants and refugees services; drop ins for marginalized adults services home support for seniors and people with disabilities; crisis intervention adult day programs case management transportation greenest city environmental community develop…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.7M | $15.5M | $13.5M | $117K | — | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $14.2M | $14.4M | $12.8M | $72K | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $14.9M | $14.7M | $13.2M | $72K | — | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $13.8M | $12.8M | $11.2M | $71K | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $12.3M | $12.5M | $10.7M | $94K | — | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.8M from 18 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1.2M
- ST. Christopher House Community Endowment$261K
- La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso$87K
- Canadahelps Canadon$83K
- Canadahelps Canadon$83K
- RBC Foundation$50K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$29K
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$17K
- Aston Family Foundation$12K
- The DUCA Impact Lab$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,832
- United Way of Greater Toronto$7,375
- Toronto Foundation$5,000
- The Toronto Star Children's Charities$4,860
- Kingsway Lambton United Church$3,500
- The Newall Family Foundation$2,500
- BenefAction Foundation$2,000
- CHUM Charitable Foundation$1,700
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions142
- Total compensation, all staff$11.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rutendo Change (director); Dorothy Charach (secretary); Will Falk (treasurer); Walter NG (director); Kelly Le (director); Adrienne Lipsey (director); Susan Main (director); Sean Meagher (director); Evelyn Amponsah (director); Melanie Newton (director); Emily Paradis (president); Prasad Rao (chair); Maureen Fair (executive director); Zayna Khayat (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Neighbourhood House’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119257525RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.