CAREFIRST SENIORS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATION
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·300 SILVER STAR BLVD · SCARBOROUGH, ON · M1V 0G2·BN 106915861RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The mandate of Carefirst Seniors & Community Services Association is to provide a full range of community and social services to seniors and where appropriate others in needs of services to enable them living a quality and enriched life in the community. The services and programs include: (1) Integrated adult day program (2) Assisted Living Services (3) Chinese bereavement service (4) Community development program (5) Community support services/programs (meal-on-wheels service / transportation / friendly visiting / hospice visiting / security checks / congregate dining program / supporti… Show more
The mandate of Carefirst Seniors & Community Services Association is to provide a full range of community and social services to seniors and where appropriate others in needs of services to enable them living a quality and enriched life in the community. The services and programs include: (1) Integrated adult day program (2) Assisted Living Services (3) Chinese bereavement service (4) Community development program (5) Community support services/programs (meal-on-wheels service / transportation / friendly visiting / hospice visiting / security checks / congregate dining program / supportive counseling / information and referral) (6) Chronic disease management program (7) Elder abuse prevention and education (8) Exercise and Falls Prevention Program (9) Geriatric Assessment and Intervention Network (10) Home care / personal support / home help services (11) Home At Last / Home First programs (12) Integrated Dialysis Care Program (13) Integrated Virtual Care Program (14) Overnight stay program (15) Remote Care Monitoring program (16) Seniors Active Living Centres (17) Supportive housing services (18) Social and recreation programs (19) Transitional Care Centre (20) Vocational Training Centre (21) Youth leadership volunteer development and coordination programs (22) Wellness education and health promotion programs and (23) High Priority Communities Program.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)84¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 84¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)16%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.5 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$27.2M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)2%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)51%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $21.2M | 88¢ | 12% | 0.4 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $21.5M | 88¢ | 12% | 0.4 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $21.5M | 84¢ | 16% | 0.5 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $25.1M | 85¢ | 15% | 0.5 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $25.4M | 83¢ | 15% | 0.5 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $27.2M | 84¢ | 16% | 0.5 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
18 directors reported · 18 of 18at arm's length
- Chaverz, FreidaSecretaryarm's length
- Ng, ShirleyDirectorarm's length
- Yeung, ThomasDirectorarm's length
- Choy, PeterChairarm's length
- Linker, KarenDirectorarm's length
- Chun, AndreaExecutive Vice Presidentarm's length
- Lau, RobertaDirectorarm's length
- Sookram, DariusDirectorarm's length
- Tsang, ClaraDirectorarm's length
- Christensen, JoanDirectorarm's length
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- Chow, Chi MingDirectorarm's length
- Cristina, PopaDirectorarm's length
- Qashoa, MojahedDirectorarm's length
- Ng, VictorDirectorarm's length
- Tai, Doreen Fee MeiTreasurerarm's length
- Neysmith, SheilaPresidentarm's length
- Williams, PaulDirectorarm's length
- Lee, KingsonTreasurerarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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