Aurora Children's Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Aurora, Ontario · BN 107807224RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,827,241) as filed with the CRA.
Aurora Children's Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Aurora, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.3M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $93.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 56 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $800 in 2024, the largest being $600 to WOW Living. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Aurora children's centre inc. Provides quality child care services to communities in york region. The organization offers an educational and nurturing program that caters to the emotional intellectual physical and social development of every child with toddler preschool and kindergarten and after school programs available. These programs empower children from diverse cultures and backgrounds to realize their full potential as lifelong learners fostering confidence independence and respect as integral members of society
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.3M | $3.8M | $3.1M | — | $800 | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $3.6M | $3.2M | $2.7M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3M | $2.4M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.2M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.6M | $2,971 | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $800 to 3 qualified donees:
Received $93 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions56
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shelley Ambing (executive director); Brad Fuller (board member); Heather Greenman-Brouwers (secretary); Cristian Lupu (board member); Kevin Modeste (president); Mike Principe (board member); Jennifer Smith (vice president); Dermot Symington (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aurora Children's Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107807224RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.