Finances
Where every dollar goes.
Year by year revenue, expenses and program spending, with the source documents one click away.
Two years, two different stories.
2024 was the founding year. 2025 was the year the grants showed up. Pick a year to see the numbers, the milestones, and the receipts behind them.
Pick a year. The numbers, the milestones, the receipts.
At a glance
Two years, side by side.
Total revenue, total expenses and money spent on programs across our first two fiscal years. Bars are scaled to the largest value across the table.
| Metric | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $14,065 | $91,392 |
| Expenses | $9,508 | $30,807 |
| Programs | $7,564 | $23,866 |
Our story
Where we came from.
VIVI'R has existed in some form since 2019. The years of financial reports above start at the point we became legally accountable for them. Here is the longer arc.
- 01 2019
Founded as a community
VIVI'R began as a grassroots community of Spanish-speaking Latinx LGBTQ+ folks in Toronto, organizing gatherings and mutual support.
- 02 July 2023
Operating as a nonprofit
Incorporated as an Ontario nonprofit. Programs ran on volunteer time and community donations. No formal financial statements were produced for this period; activity was tracked through the bank account.
- 03 June 6, 2024
Registered with the CRA as a charity
Became BN 700241748 RR 0001. From this date forward we publish full, formal financial reports, the kind you see above.
Looking for records from before 2024?
Bank statements and transaction-level records from 2019 through mid-2024 are available on request. No formal income statement or balance sheet was produced for that period.
Email accounting@vivirlgbtq.orgYear One
2024
The year we became a charity.
On June 6, 2024 the Canada Revenue Agency registered VIVI'R LGBTQ+ as a charity. Seven months later we closed our first books with a surplus, three directors, and four pillars of programming.
By the numbers
Total revenue
$14,065
Corporate gifts, individual donations, and the 519 collaboration.
Total expenses
$9,508
Programs, events, professional fees and bank charges.
Programs and events
$7,437
Gala, CPR training, Hispanic Heritage Month, BBQ, Christmas, and the 519.
Surplus carried forward
$4,557
Reinvested into 2025 programming.
Where each dollar went
Categorized using the same lines we report to the CRA.
- Programs & services 80%
- Operations & admin 20%
Milestones
From legal formation to a Toronto Arts Council grant, here is how Year One unfolded.
- June 6 Founding
Registered with the CRA
VIVI'R LGBTQ+ becomes a registered Canadian charity, BN 700241748 RR 0001, with three founding directors.
- Summer Community
Annual BBQ and CPR training
We brought folks together for sun, food, and life-saving skills. Health check-ins started rolling alongside our birthday celebrations.
- October Heritage
Hispanic Heritage Month
We represented Spanish-speaking LGBTQ+ newcomers within the Hispanic Canadian Heritage Council's annual celebrations.
- November Gala
First annual Gala
Our community-funded Gala raised $5,796 and lit up the room with stories, drag, and joy.
- December Holidays
Christmas dinner
A holiday table for those who needed one. Followed in January by our Epiphany celebration.
- Year-end Future
Toronto Arts Council grant secured
We won funding for In My Own Words, a creative writing workshop for Spanish-speaking LGBTQ+ newcomers, launching in 2025.
What we learned
You can build a charity on weekends if the community shows up. They did, every time. Every dollar above expenses was set aside for 2025 programming, not overhead.
Year Two
2025
The year the grants showed up.
A full fiscal year of programming, anchored by multi-year grants from the Law Foundation of Ontario, Rainbow Railroad and the Toronto Arts Council. Revenue jumped 6.5x and we closed the year with a $60,584 surplus, most of it restricted to fund 2026 program delivery.
By the numbers
Total revenue
$91,392
$70K Law Foundation, $8K Rainbow Railroad, $7,950 TAC, plus donations, memberships and the corporate side.
Total expenses
$30,807
Programs, rent for our first physical space, technology, and operations.
Programs and services
$23,865
77% of every dollar spent went directly to charitable programs.
Net surplus
$60,585
Almost all of it restricted: held for 2026 program delivery, not overhead.
Where each dollar went
Programs include restricted-grant program delivery (Law Foundation, TAC) plus general program expenses.
- Programs & services 77%
- Operations & admin 23%
Milestones
Year Two was about scale: more grants, more space, more programming.
- Q1 Programs
In My Own Words launches
Our Toronto Arts Council-funded creative writing workshop opened with Spanish-speaking LGBTQ+ newcomers sharing their migration stories.
- Q2 Funding
Law Foundation of Ontario grant
A multi-year restricted grant of $70,000 backs our legal-rights workshops and settlement referrals through 2026.
- Q2 Funding
Rainbow Railroad partnership
An $8,000 restricted grant to support LGBTQ+ refugees as they settle in the GTA.
- Throughout Community
Transcheckandome monthly
Rotating workshops on sexual health, legal rights, and police interactions in partnership with the Toronto Police LGBTQ+ Liaison.
- Q4 Growth
Second Gala and Hispanic Heritage
Bigger room, bigger table, same community. Our second Hispanic Heritage Month brought new partnerships across the GTA.
- Year-end Future
TAC 2026 grant secured
A new $7,950 Toronto Arts Council grant lands before year-end, fully restricted for 2026 programming.
Looking ahead
We closed 2025 with $78,757 in total assets and four active restricted funds. Most of that money is earmarked for 2026 programs already in motion. The work continues.
Financial statements
Read our books
These are the same statements we file with the Canada Revenue Agency. Open any of them in a new tab, share them, audit them.
Fiscal year 2024
Fiscal period: June 6 to December 31, 2024
Fiscal year 2025
Fiscal year: January 1 to December 31, 2025
Finances
How funds are used
Based on our most recent Income Statement, this is how every dollar of expense is allocated.
- 77% Direct community programs
- 17% Office, rent and supplies
- 6% Admin, tech and interpretation
Questions about our books?
Write to us anytime. We'd rather answer the awkward question than leave it unasked.