The ROM Governors follows best practices in regards to transparency and governance. Dianne Lister, President & Executive Director, ROM Governors, served as a member of the international Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Ethics Committee for nine years, holding the position of Chair from 2007-2009.
Audited financial statements for the ROM Governors are available by request. Please contact Scott Forfar at 416.586.8012 or scottf@rom.on.ca for more information.
The ROM Governors publishes financial information electronically through the following channels:
Canada Revenue Agency, Charities Listings
The ROM Governors reports annually to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) via the Registered Charity Information Return (T3010). This information is published electronically by the CRA.
Imagine Canada, CharityFocus
CharityFocus is the premier tool for finding information about the 85,000 registered charities in Canada. It is a program of Imagine Canada, a national charitable organization whose cause is Canada’s charities and nonprofits. The ROM Governors provides additional information (audit statements, annual report) to the profile prepared by CharityFocus.
External Rankings
The office of the ROM Governors received an overall “A” grade in the MoneySense Charity 100 report for 2012. Compiled annually by MoneySense, this report grades Canada’s biggest 100 charities based on charity efficiency, fundraising efficiency, governance and transparency and reserve fund size. ROM Governors also received an “A+” in the category of charity efficiency in the 2012 MoneySense Charity 100 report.
ROM Governors (PDF)