Children's Aid International Relief and Development Association
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 886626274RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($318,138) as filed with the CRA.
Children's Aid International Relief and Development Association is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $230K in revenue and $318K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $106K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
CAIRD works with social services and local organizations in Romania and Kwazulu-Natal South Africa and Mexico to place orphaned and abandoned children with two-parent families. CAIRD provides training and support for foster families and orphaned and abandoned children along with food clothing medical assistance faith based programming and education opportunities. Furthermore CAIRD partners with local humanitarian organizations by assisting in the set up and operation of poverty-alleviation programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $230K | $318K | $246K | $12K | — | $150K |
| 2023 | $276K | $320K | $267K | $4,360 | — | $271K |
| 2022 | $292K | $296K | $201K | $11K | — | $339K |
| 2021 | $282K | $274K | $194K | $1,869 | $6,025 | $360K |
| 2020 | $265K | $259K | $180K | $3,415 | $0 | $383K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $106K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$126K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Kiriaka (president); Jennifer Mann (secretary); Benson Klumpenhower (vice-president); Elaine Brassard (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Children's Aid International Relief and Development Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886626274RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.