Children's Aid Foundation of Canada
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 108076480RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,086,612) as filed with the CRA.
Children's Aid Foundation of Canada is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $25.3M in revenue and $20.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 8% from government, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 85 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.3M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12.1M in 2020 to $25.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Programs support 3 priority popuations: families at risk children in care and youth in transition. Families at risk receive supports to strength the family unit and address any safety concerns so that fewer children and youth enter into or grow up in care. Children in care receive primary and secondary education supports enrichment programs that create access to sports arts culture and recreation and health and wellbeing supports so that more children and youth from care graduate high school. Youth in transition supports may include access to post-secondary education employment program…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25.3M | $20.1M | $5.3M | $3.6M | $8.7M | $76.4M |
| 2023 | $17.7M | $18.2M | $5M | $3M | $8.1M | $72.1M |
| 2022 | $23M | $15.6M | $4.1M | $2.1M | $7.8M | $73.7M |
| 2021 | $37.8M | $21.1M | $5.2M | $1.7M | $12.3M | $67.8M |
| 2020 | $12.1M | $14.5M | $3.6M | $2.6M | $6.4M | $52M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $0 to 188 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Yorkton Tribal Council Child & Family Services—
- Yorkton Tribal Council Child & Family Services—
- YMCA of Hamilton/burlington/brantford—
- Y.e.s. Manitoba Incorporated—
- The Wood's Homes Foundation—
- The Wood's Homes Foundation—
- The Wood's Homes Foundation—
- The WoodGreen Foundation—
- Women's Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham—
- Women's Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham—
- Windsor-Essex Children's Aid Society—
- Windsor-Essex Children's Aid Society—
- Windsor-Essex Children's Aid Society—
- The Windsor-Essex Children's Aid Foundation—
- The Windsor-Essex Children's Aid Foundation—
- West Region Child and Family Services Committee Incorporated—
- Trellis Society for Community Impact—
- Trellis Society for Community Impact—
- Trellis Society for Community Impact—
- Trellis Society for Community Impact—
- Trellis Society for Community Impact—
- Tikinagan Child and Family Services—
- The Children's Foundation Serving Hastings Northumberland and Prince Edward Counties—
- Sudbury-Manitoulin Children's Foundation—
- Stepstones for Youth—
Received $5.3M from 85 charities:
- The Annual Foundation$1M
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$934K
- RBC Foundation$600K
- The Northpine Foundation$200K
- Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (canada)$178K
- Canada Gives$156K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$155K
- Tachane Foundation Inc.$150K
- The Azrieli Foundation$149K
- Aqueduct Foundation$126K
- The Golden Rule Charitable Foundation$120K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$110K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$100K
- Air Canada Foundation$100K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$75K
- La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso$56K
- The Newlands Family Foundation$55K
- BenefAction Foundation$51K
- Gordon & Ruth Gooder Charitable Foundation$50K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$50K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$50K
- The Canavan Family Foundation$50K
- Lindy Green Family Foundation$50K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$45K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$42K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$4.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Giorgia Anton (director); Daniel Barclay (board chair); William Butt (director); Kristina Depencier (board secretary); Anca Drexier (director); Pierre Frappier (director); John Gossling (board treasurer); Barbara Fallon (director); Barry Hildred (director); Nicole Kamanga (director); Nadia King (director); Dougal Macdonald (director); Gordon Raman (director); Sean ST. John (director); Jaime Watt (director); Terri-Lee Weeks (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Children's Aid Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108076480RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.