Children First Canada
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 799202528RR0001 · Research
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($517,653) as filed with the CRA.
Children First Canada is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $541K in revenue and $518K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from government, 34% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $202K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Children First Canada (the 'organization') was incorporated without share capital under the laws of the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporations Act as a charitable organization with the purpose of improving children's wellbeing by building greater awareness amongst Canadians about the urgent needs of kids in our country and mobilizing government lawmakers and influencers to change the status quo. Ongoing programs include: the Young Canadians' Parliament National Child Day Raising Canada and Youth Advisory Council.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $541K | $518K | $431K | — | — | -$106K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | -$129K |
| 2022 | $954K | $1.2M | $855K | — | — | $117K |
| 2021 | $582K | $291K | $48K | — | — | $391K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $202K from 12 charities:
- United Way of Calgary and Area$100K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- The Calgary Foundation$10K
- Grace Health Centre for Children Women and Families$10K
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation$6,000
- Century Initiative / Initiative du Siecle$5,000
- The BFMI Sesquicentennial Trust (2017)$2,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$77
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$311K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sara Austin (ceo and director); Andrea Chrysanthou (director); Stacia Vong Hogeterp (director); Molly Finlay (director); Zafar Jaffer (director); Saeed Selvam (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Children First Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 799202528RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.