What The Teresa Group does

The Teresa Group is a registered Canadian charitable organization founded in 1990 and headquartered at 355 Church Street, Toronto. It is Canada's oldest community-based charitable organization specifically serving children, youth, and families affected by HIV and AIDS, and operates with a small staff of 1-10 employees. Its program portfolio includes the Family Support Program (counselling and case management), Support Groups for parents, children and youth, the Ontario Provincial Infant Formula Program (coordinating distribution of infant formula to new mothers living with HIV to prevent vertical transmission), Camp Mandala (a summer camp for children aged 9-18), the Camp Counsellors Youth Leadership Development Program, and the POWER (Positive Women Empowerment and Resilience) Peer Support Program for women living with HIV.

The organization has no proprietary technology, software product, or digital platform. Service delivery is conducted in person at the Toronto office, with outreach supported by a website (teresagroup.ca), social media presence (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), and newsletter communications. The Teresa Group is a founding member and fiscal agent for the global Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS and co-organizes an international symposium affiliated with each International AIDS Conference. It is also affiliated with the Ontario AIDS Network and participates in the Citywide Commons sector initiative.

Revenue is generated entirely through donations, grants, and charitable contributions; services are provided at no cost to clients. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors and operates as a non-profit with no equity investment structure, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed funding rounds.

Name

The Teresa Group

Legal name

The Teresa Group

Website

https://teresagroup.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Teresa Group is a Toronto-based charitable non-profit founded in 1990 that provides counselling, family support, support groups, infant formula distribution, and camp programs for children, youth, and families affected by HIV and AIDS in the Greater Toronto Area and Ontario.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• HIV/AIDS support services
• Family social services
• Community charity programs
• Youth support programs
• Infant formula program

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Relies on public donations and charitable contributions from individuals and organizations to fund programs and services.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Teresa Group provides counseling, case management, practical supports, community support groups, and children and youth focused programs for families affected by HIV and AIDS. It also coordinates Ontario's provincial Infant Formula Program, runs the Camp Mandala summer camp for children ages 9-18, the Camp Counsellors Youth Leadership Development Program, and the POWER peer support program for women living with HIV. All services are delivered at no cost to clients.

Product overview

The Teresa Group is a charitable organization (Canada's oldest community-based charitable organization specifically serving children affected by HIV and AIDS), not a technology product company. It provides a range of social service programs including the Family Support Program, Support Groups for Children/Youth/Parents, Infant Formula Program, Summer Camp Programs (Camp Mandala), Camp Counsellors Youth Leadership Development Program, and the POWER (Positive Women Empowerment and Resilience) Peer Support Program. The organization does not offer a technology product or software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Camp Mandala: Camp experience for children aged 9-18 from the Greater Toronto Area affected by HIV
• Camp Counsellors Youth Leadership Development Program
• POWER (Positive Women Empowerment and Resilience)

Products and services

• Family Support Program Provides counseling, case management, and practical supports to children, youth, and families affected by HIV and AIDS in the Greater Toronto Area.
• Support Groups for Parents, Children and Youth Support groups and clubs providing peer and community support to parents, children, and youth affected by HIV and AIDS.
• Infant Formula Program Provincial program coordinated by The Teresa Group that distributes infant formula to new mothers living with HIV across Ontario to support infant feeding and reduce vertical HIV transmission risk.
• Camp Mandala Summer Camp Summer camp program offered each summer for children ages 9 to 18 from the Greater Toronto Area affected by HIV and AIDS.
• Camp Counsellors Youth Leadership Development Program Youth leadership development program supporting young people affected by HIV to develop leadership skills through camp counsellor pathways.
• POWER (Positive Women Empowerment and Resilience) Peer Support Program Peer support and empowerment program for women affected by HIV, with particular focus on mothers living with HIV in Ontario.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Coalition on Children Affected by AIDScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Teresa Group is a founding member and fiscal agent for the global Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS. The Teresa Group and the Coalition co-organize an international symposium affiliated with each International AIDS Conference.
• Ontario AIDS NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Teresa Group is affiliated with the Ontario AIDS Network which has been advocating for its members since 1986.
• Citywide CommonscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCitywide Commons appears to be a collaborative initiative that The Teresa Group participates in as part of the HIV sector community.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT): Toronto-based community organization providing direct services, education, and support to people living with HIV/AIDS. Directly comparable as a Toronto-area HIV/AIDS service charity, though ACT serves broader adult populations rather than the specific children-and-families niche.
• Casey House: Toronto-based specialty HIV/AIDS hospital and social-services provider offering inpatient and community programs for people living with HIV. Comparable as a Toronto HIV/AIDS-focused charitable organization with overlapping referral networks, though differentiated by clinical versus social-service focus.
• Fife House Foundation: Toronto-based charitable organization providing supportive housing and case management for people living with HIV/AIDS. Comparable as a same-city HIV/AIDS charity serving clients through direct service programs with similar donor-funded operating models.
• Pediatric AIDS Canada: Canadian charitable organization focused on children affected by HIV/AIDS, primarily raising funds internationally for pediatric HIV treatment and prevention. Directly comparable along the pediatric HIV/AIDS charitable mission, though Teresa delivers direct services while this peer is more funding-and-advocacy oriented.

Broad incumbents

• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation: Large international nonprofit dedicated to ending pediatric HIV/AIDS through research, advocacy, and program delivery globally. Comparable along the specific pediatric HIV/AIDS mission but operates at much larger scale and geographic footprint than Teresa's Toronto-centric service model.

Emerging players

• mothers2mothers: International nonprofit employing mentor mothers living with HIV to support prevention of mother-to-child transmission. Highly comparable along the women-and-children HIV support mission and the infant-feeding/formula programmatic overlap, though primarily Africa-focused rather than Canadian.

Others

• CATIE: Canada's source for HIV and hepatitis C information, providing knowledge-exchange resources to service organizations and people affected. Comparable as a Canadian HIV/AIDS sector organization supporting the same client population, though focused on information dissemination rather than direct service delivery.
• Ontario AIDS Network: Provincial network of HIV/AIDS service organizations in Ontario of which The Teresa Group is already an affiliate member. Comparable as a coordinating, advocacy-oriented counterpart that connects and represents member organizations serving similar clients across Ontario.
• Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR): National Canadian charitable foundation funding HIV/AIDS research and awareness. Comparable as a Canadian HIV/AIDS charitable peer raising funds in similar donor pools, though focused on research grantmaking rather than direct client service.

OTHERS {'peer_description': 'global coalition of which the teresa group is a founding member and fiscal agent; brings together organizations working on pediatric HIV/AIDS issues. listed as adjacent because teresa serves as its fiscal host and co-organizer, making them partners rather than direct competitors, but extremely close on mission overlap around children and HIV/AIDS.'}s

• Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS:

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TheTeresaGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/theteresagroup
• Instagraminstagram.com/theteresagroup

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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