Canadian Mothercraft Society
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 124122979RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,500,658) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mothercraft Society is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $15.7M in revenue and $13.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,210.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 145 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.2M in 2020 to $15.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Licensed child care centres; drop-in centres with enriched programs for children and caregivers/parents; private career college programs; enhanced language training program designed specifically for internationally trained individuals; child and family support and special needs programs; breaking the cycle and pregnancy outreach programs; post-substance abuse program for mothers and children; and family violence and child abuse programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.7M | $13.5M | $11.4M | — | — | $22.1M |
| 2023 | $17.1M | $12.4M | $10.8M | — | — | $19.9M |
| 2022 | $7.4M | $10.7M | $9.1M | — | — | $15.2M |
| 2021 | $11.3M | $9.2M | $7.7M | — | — | $18.5M |
| 2020 | $9.2M | $8.2M | $7M | — | — | $16.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,210 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions145
- Total compensation, all staff$10M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tanzeel Merchant (chair); Julia O'Byrne (director); Mohamed Bhamani (vice chair); Caroline Wang (treasurer); Lashell Eaton (director); Sharon Filger (director); Julia Forgie (director); Lora Gotcheva (director); Vinusha Gunaseelan (secretary); Elisabeth Marks (director); Sabrina Qinyu Cao (director); Michele Lupa (executive director); Massimo Ascenzi (director corporate services).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mothercraft Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124122979RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.