ComKids Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 891036899RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,305,988) as filed with the CRA.
ComKids Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $325K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Comkids foundation provides kids with tools and skills to help them reach their academic and social potential. We partner closely with educators police officers and subject matter experts to deliver programming that establishes healthy relationships with authority figures and encourages kids to positively impact their communities. Our successful outcomes include improved tech literacy improved grades improved self-esteem and greater community engagement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $627K | $378K | — | $583K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $878K | $417K | — | $605K |
| 2022 | $911K | $810K | $511K | $198K | — | $804K |
| 2021 | $834K | $513K | $296K | $103K | — | $751K |
| 2020 | $867K | $697K | $308K | $260K | — | $418K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $325K from 26 charities:
- The Slaight Family Foundation$70K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$52K
- The G.Scott Paterson Foundation$45K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$25K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Hyatt Family Foundation$15K
- WCPD Foundation$15K
- Burlington Community Foundation$10K
- Gordon & Ruth Gooder Charitable Foundation$10K
- Toronto Foundation$10K
- The Krstajic Foundation$10K
- The Anthony and Amie Munk Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,780
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,625
- The Gordon and Lorraine Gibson Family Foundation$5,000
- The Andy and Beth Burgess Family Foundation$3,232
- The DiCapo Family Foundation$2,920
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,500
- Moez & Marissa Kassam Foundation$1,000
- The Godfrey Family Foundation$1,000
- Rand Kildare Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Odette Federer Family Foundation$1,000
- Prime Quadrant Foundation$1,000
- The Asper Foundation$1,000
- Gnocchi Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$435K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Paterson (director); Sean McNama (director); G. Scott Paterson (director); Peter Yuen (director); Ian Kelder (director); Muhammad Hamza (director); Jay McCauley (director); Sarah Paterson (director); Sean McNama (director); Scott Paterson (director); (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ComKids Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891036899RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.