Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (canada)
Public foundation · Burlington, Ontario · BN 876047804RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,283,188) as filed with the CRA.
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (canada) is a public foundation based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $340K to The Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Expand public awareness of adoption and waiting children in foster care. Educate and encourage action on behalf of waiting children within the candian foster care system. Fund through grant-making wendy's wonderful kids adoption recruiters to find permanent homes for crown wards.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $2.3M | $1.6M | $526K | $1.3M | $5.5M |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $2.2M | $1.6M | $462K | $1.3M | $4.8M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $338K | $461K | $1.3M | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2M | $366K | $246K | $1.3M | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $2.1M | $447K | $187K | $1.4M | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 9 qualified donees:
- The Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto$340K
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada$178K
- The Children's Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin$170K
- The Belonging Network Support for Families and Youth Association$170K
- Durham Children's Aid Society$104K
- The Windsor-Essex Children's Aid Foundation$88K
- Hamilton Child and Family Supports$85K
- Children's Aid Foundation of Nova Scotia$85K
- The Children's Aid Society of the District of Nipissing and Parry Sound$80K
Received $14K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Deletroz (director); Paul Hilder (chair); James Shaw (director); Rita Soronen (president & ceo); Mark Tochia (director); Chip Spires (director); John Mulvihill (director); Christopher Garrah (director); Jaime Weeks (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876047804RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.