Children First in Essex County
Publicly funded institution · Windsor, Ontario · BN 123722233RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,169,754) as filed with the CRA.
Children First in Essex County is a charitable organization based in Windsor, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $7.1M in revenue and $7.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $80.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 78 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Early intervention programs for children up to the age of six with mental health concerns and up to school entry for children with developmental concerns. We also provide special needs resourcing to promote inclusion of children in child care settings. We visit families in their homes in child care and in other early childhood settings. We provide speech services occupational therapy psychological assessment and treatment plans and set treatment goals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.1M | $7.2M | $6.3M | $103 | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $7.3M | $7.3M | $6.6M | $902 | $10K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $6.7M | $6.7M | $5.8M | — | $25K | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $6.7M | $6.2M | $5.3M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $6.4M | $6.3M | $5.5M | $8 | — | $956K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $80 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions78
- Total compensation, all staff$5.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marina Iannitelli (director); Steve Berthiaume (director); Joyce Zuk (director); Robert Carruthers (director); Maria Sanders (director); Kristen Micallef (treasurer); Adriana McVicker (director); Rachel Stewart (president); Nicole Ouellette (secretary); Jennifer Rooke (vice president); Venus Olla (director); Sierra Slikboer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Children First in Essex County’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123722233RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.