Founded in 1948, Community Living Toronto (CLT) supports people who have an intellectual disability, working to ensure that their rights are respected, and they can make choices in their own lives. The charity reports 70% of adults with an intellectual disability live in poverty. CLT supported 3,661 people in F2021. The charity reports its three largest programs are Community Participation, Residential, and Greatest Needs. 

Community Participation accounted for 38% of program spending in F2020. The program aims to help people with intellectual disabilities interact with their communities. Services include early childhood support, community and family support, and adult development programs and recreation. 1,223 individuals received community supports in F2020. Friendly Connections, an online service that helps people stay connected, sent 688 virtual chats, phone calls, letters, emails and postcards to 281 participants in F2021.

Community Living Toronto allocated 21% of program spending to its Residential program in F2020. Individuals can choose the level of care that best suits their needs and those of their family. Residential options include: adults with intellectual disabilities living together with help from support workers, placement with a host family, or living with a roommate who is a friendly college student. The charity currently has 68 group homes in Toronto. In F2021, 589 individuals lived in one of CLT’s housing options.

Greatest Needs accounted for 19% of program spending in F2020. Charity Intelligence could not find what services or activities are included in this program on CLT's website. 

Community Living Toronto reports four other smaller programs: Respite Services (10%), Capital and Tech Needs (6%), food insecurity (4%), and Employment Supports (2%). In F2021, 118 individuals received respite care, a program that allows adults with a disability to receive care while their regular caretakers have a break. Employment supports help people find and maintain employment by providing job trials, training and coaching.

Community Living Toronto has donations of $1.2m in F2020. The charity received $77.6m in government funding, representing 84% of total revenues. Administrative costs are 7% of revenues (less investment income) and fundraising costs are 23% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 30%. For every dollar donated, 70 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.

Community Living Toronto has $7.9m in funding reserves, of which $83k is donor endowed. Excluding donor-endowed funds, the charity could cover 9% or around one month of annual program costs with current reserves.

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Community Living Toronto for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming. 

Updated on August 31, 2021 by Brenleigh Jebb.