Children's Aid Society of the Niagara Region
Publicly funded institution · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 106914252RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($59,049,381) as filed with the CRA.
Children's Aid Society of the Niagara Region is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $58.5M in revenue and $59M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $717K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 352 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Family and children's services niagara provides mandated child welfare services to the niagara region include:the investigation of the possible abuse or neglect of children; children protection services; foster care; adoption services; counseling; support services; preparation for independence program for youth leaving home. Additional facs provides voluntary/community programs including; child care services; family counseling centre; family violence programs; child abuse programs; adult protective services program; volunteer program; summer camp; recreation and enrichment; and bursary program…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $58.5M | $59M | $55.5M | — | — | -$3M |
| 2023 | $55.8M | $55.9M | — | — | — | -$2.6M |
| 2022 | $54.6M | $51.7M | — | — | — | -$332K |
| 2021 | $52.7M | $51.8M | — | — | — | -$2.2M |
| 2020 | $53.5M | $54.3M | — | — | — | -$3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $717K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions352
- Total compensation, all staff$30.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shaun Adams (board member); David Willer (president); Betty-Lou Souter (vice-president); Nathaline Lacoste Ling (board member); Robert Miller (board member); Karim Ali (secretary); Jessica Dolinski (board member); Jay Gemmell (treasurer); Shawn Secord (chief financial officer); Anna Bozza (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Children's Aid Society of the Niagara Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106914252RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.