Toronto Foundation for Student Success

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 11 employees earning $100K+

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At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

11

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$1.6M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$146,240

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$123,234

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Toronto Foundation for Student Success in 2025?

Catherine Parsonage, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $318,111 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 11 Toronto Foundation for Student Success employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $123,234.

How has Toronto Foundation for Student Success' Sunshine List changed?

Toronto Foundation for Student Success listed 1 people in 2015 and 11 in 2025 — 11× as many; payroll on the list went from $103K to $1.6M, and the median salary moved from $103,000 to $123,234.

How many Toronto Foundation for Student Success employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 10 yearly values of median salary, from $103,000 in 2015 to $123,234 in 2025. No data for 2018.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K201520172019202220232025
Median salary, 2015–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Catherine Parsonage
$318,111
Chief Executive Officer
#2Daisy Chan
$194,868
Senior Director, Finance
#3Shannon Quesnelle
$161,033
Senior Director, Operations
#4Erik Linero
$135,060
Director, Information Technology Operations
#5Neda Khojasteh
$131,949
Controller
#6Sandra Best
$123,234
Senior Director, Strategic Planning Donor Relations Communications
#7Elaine Rosenberg
$118,014
Director, Development
#8David Cross
$112,612
Director, Student Nutrition Program
#9Sandra Pierre
$112,612
Program Director
#10Axile Gerona
$100,957
Associate Director, Communications and Public Relations
#11Gerard Capellan
$100,187
Associate Director, Procurement, Food and Logistics

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Catherine Parsonage at Toronto Foundation For Student Success had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $254,928 to $318,111, up 24.8%.

Catherine Parsonage+24.8%
Chief Executive Officer
$254,928 → $318,111
Daisy Chan+20.8%
Senior Director, Finance
$161,259 → $194,868
Shannon Quesnelle+4.1%
Senior Director, Operations
$154,653 → $161,033
Erik Linero+4.0%
Director, Information Technology Operations
$129,903 → $135,060
Sandra Best+4.0%
Senior Director, Strategic Planning Donor Relations Communications
$118,530 → $123,234

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

<5 people were new to Toronto Foundation for Student Success's list in 2025; 0 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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