Applegrove Community Complex

One of 10 Association of Community Centres (AOCCs); board profile confirmed via secure.toronto.ca decisionBody/41.do

Completeness

• Document shelf: 32 rows (31 archived · 0 staged · 0 pending · 1 missing)
• Backgrounder: on file
• Strategy-evolution brief: not written yet
• Custody audit: 18 of 32 row(s) audited, 18 flagged
• Last verified: 2026-08-06 · this org has had a full discovery-verification pass (our discovery-verification log)

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Document shelf (32 rows)

Backgrounder

Source: this library's internal records — a mechanical research draft, not independently reviewed for publication; reproduced as-is.

Applegrove Community Complex - backgrounder

Backgrounder / GOV-Q10-WAVE1-d1 / 2026-08-04 / registry row: tor-applegrove-community-complex (this library's government-document registry) / lens file for this org's series briefs

Mandate & statutory basis

Applegrove Community Complex is "a multi-service agency that delivers a variety of programs and services, hosts meetings and events, supports action on local issues, [and] partners with others," with a stated purpose of "supporting individuals and families, strengthening communities and building a better Toronto" (https://applegrovecc.ca/). It functions dually as "an agency of the City of Toronto and a not-for-profit corporation with charitable status, which function together as one organization" (charitable registration no. 10671 8943 RR0001) (https://applegrovecc.ca/about/governance/). Applegrove is one of Toronto's 10 Association of Community Centres (AOCCs) - City-owned or City-managed facilities operated by volunteer Boards of Management under the City's Agencies and Corporations framework (Toronto 2025 Agencies & Corporations Chart, https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/96db-Agencies-Corps-Chart-March-2025.pdf; registry row tor-applegrove-community-complex).

Roles, responsibilities & scope

Applegrove delivers programming across the age spectrum from its Toronto catchment area (Jones Avenue to Woodbine Avenue, Lake Ontario to the rail corridor north of Gerrard Street): Families & Early Years (EarlyON Family Resources, prenatal programs), Children & Youth (after-school drop-ins, camps), Adults & Seniors (weekly activities), and community programs including the East End Food Hub (https://applegrovecc.ca/). Core administrative costs are funded by the City of Toronto, while programming draws on federal, provincial and other grants, program/membership fees, and donations (Applegrove Community Complex 2024 Audited Financial Statements, Note re: City of Toronto funding, https://applegrovecc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-Applegrove-Audited-Financial-Statements.pdf).

Governance & reporting line

Applegrove is governed by an 11-member Board of Management: 9 community directors, the City Councillor for Ward 14, and a Toronto District School Board representative; the same individuals (excluding the TDSB representative) also constitute the nonprofit corporation's Board of Directors (https://applegrovecc.ca/about/governance/). Board members serve two-year terms, renewable up to a maximum of four consecutive terms (same source). As an AOCC-model community centre, Applegrove's Board reports administratively to the City of Toronto (through Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City's Auditor General for financial oversight), consistent with its registry classification as a municipal board (registry row tor-applegrove-community-complex, source authority Toronto 2025 Agencies & Corporations Chart, https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/96db-Agencies-Corps-Chart-March-2025.pdf).

Budget scale

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, Applegrove reported total revenue of $1,691,440, including $1,166,873 in grants (City of Toronto $1,007,132; Government of Canada $78,286; Province of Ontario $74,676; other $6,779), $470,275 in program and membership fees, $31,813 in donations and fundraising, and $22,479 in amortization/interest revenue, against total expenses of $1,612,984 (salaries and wages $878,427; purchase of services $356,681; employee benefits $205,452; materials and supplies $159,733), producing an excess of revenue over expenses of $78,456 for the year (versus $21,240 in 2023); net assets rose to $439,083 from $360,627 (Applegrove Community Complex 2024 Audited Financial Statements, Statement of Operations, https://applegrovecc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-Applegrove-Audited-Financial-Statements.pdf).

Institutional history

Applegrove originated in the 1970s when a group of local residents organized to create a centre meeting neighbourhood needs; it was incorporated as a provincial non-profit corporation in 1979 and registered as a federal charity, and has operated as a City of Toronto-funded community centre since 1983 (https://applegrovecc.ca/about/). It remains one of the City's 10 AOCC community centres, financial statements for which have been registered in this archive back to 2001 (this library's government-document registry rows for registry id tor-applegrove-community-complex, earliest tor-applegrove-community-complex-fs-2001).

Strategy evolution brief

No strategy evolution brief written for this org yet.