York Catholic District School Board
Publicly funded institution · Aurora, Ontario · BN 108104753RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($811,831,000) as filed with the CRA.
York Catholic District School Board is a charitable organization based in Aurora, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $796.7M in revenue and $811.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $717K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 5,160 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 84 qualified donees totalling $423K in 2024, the largest being $170K to Sharelife. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Programs to enhance educational and religious opportunities for elementary and secondary catholic schools in york region
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $796.7M | $811.8M | $457K | $23.5M | $423K | $249.8M |
| 2023 | $698.4M | $707.3M | $476K | $20.7M | $416K | $264.9M |
| 2022 | $689.5M | $686.9M | $307K | $10.3M | $299K | $278.4M |
| 2021 | $716.7M | $677.8M | $130K | $5.8M | $53K | $275.8M |
| 2020 | $663.5M | $656.5M | $354K | $16.6M | $288K | $236.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $423K to 84 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Sharelife$170K
- The Terry Fox Foundation$72K
- Sickkids Charitable Giving Fund$33K
- Canadian Cancer Society$29K
- 360Kids Support Services$9,753
- Vaughan in Motion$8,990
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$8,427
- York Region Rose of Sharon Services for Young Mothers$6,505
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$5,389
- Blessed Frédéric Ozanam Parish$5,350
- Lupus Ontario$5,121
- Redemptorist Fathers Province of Edmonton Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer$4,710
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$4,292
- MitoCanada Foundation$4,230
- St. Andre Bessette Parish$3,860
- Starlight Children's Foundation Canada$3,500
- The Poppy Fund$3,133
- C.pp.s. Mission Projects$2,220
- Ladies of the Sacred Heart at Halifax$2,200
- ST. John Council for Ontario$2,150
- Common Compass Pro-Social Programs$1,922
- Kids Help Phone / Jeunesse J' Ecoute$1,908
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$1,820
- The Royal Canadian Legion Richmond Hill Branch (ont No 375) Branch Poppy Fund$1,796
- L'Arche Daybreak$1,539
Received $717K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9994 positions
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5,160
- Total compensation, all staff$671.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carol Cotton (trustee); Theresa McNicol (trustee); Jennifer Wigston (trustee); Frank Alexander (trustee); Calum McNeil (cfo & treasurer of the boar); Maria Iafrate (vice-chair); Joseph Dimeo (trustee); Angela Saggese (trustee); Michaela Barbieri (trustee); Angela Grella (trustee); Jennifer Sarna (associate director); Elizabeth Crowe (chair); John De Faveri (interim director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from York Catholic District School Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108104753RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.