Children's Aid Foundation of Halton
Public foundation · Burlington, Ontario · BN 134922475RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($837,637) as filed with the CRA.
Children's Aid Foundation of Halton is a public foundation based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $721K in revenue and $838K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $419K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $534K in 2024, the largest being $534K to The Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Halton. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The foundation provides funding to the children's aid society of the regional municipality of halton for programs that benefit their children in care. These programs include summer camps educational activities and after school programs. The foundation also funds 'life starter' kits for young adults in care.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $721K | $838K | $92K | $77K | $534K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $853K | $793K | $166K | $73K | $405K | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $782K | $183K | $70K | $402K | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $896K | $663K | $146K | $66K | $348K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $631K | $678K | $495K | $110K | $276K | $894K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $534K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $419K from 20 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$87K
- Canadahelps Canadon$87K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$56K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$25K
- Canada Gives$25K
- Oakville Community Foundation$21K
- Co-operators Community Fund (Charity)$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$10K
- The May Court Club of Oakville$7,500
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$6,500
- Hamilton Community Foundation$5,000
- ST. Stephen United Church$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$5,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$5,000
- CHUM Charitable Foundation$4,300
- United Way of Greater Toronto$500
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$180K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Gilbert (president); Matthew Rasmussen (vice-president); Ryan Mills (secretary); Jonathan Harty (treasurer); Marilyn Benninger (director); Sally Aitken (director); Lynn Wilson (director); Suzannah Kelly (director); Deb Hume (director); Vivian Salonga (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Children's Aid Foundation of Halton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134922475RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.