Working for Change
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 884795352RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,281,256) as filed with the CRA.
Working for Change is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $234K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Working for Change provides education and employment opportunities for people disadvantages by mental illness addiction poverty homelessness gender violence and immigration experiences through social enterprises and leadership training programs in Toronto
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.1M | — | — | $752K |
| 2023 | $2M | $2M | $1.9M | — | — | $846K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $804K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $582K |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.4M | — | — | $435K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $234K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Janzen (co-chair board of director); Paul Cadiente (co-chair & treasurer); Jenna Reid (director); Susan Davis (director); Fabiana Montoya (director); Peter Martin (member board of director); Rob Johannes (member board of directors); Tonya Darko (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Working for Change’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884795352RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.