Family & Children's Services of St. Thomas and Elgin
Publicly funded institution · ST Thomas, Ontario · BN 129906335RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,710,181) as filed with the CRA.
Family & Children's Services of St. Thomas and Elgin is a charitable organization based in ST Thomas, 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 $12.6M in revenue and $12.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,292.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 80 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Young Women's Christian Association of ST Thomas. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Operated under the mandate of the Child & Family Services Act Protected children from abuse and neglect Provided counseling to children & families Nutrition programs parenting programs parent-teen counseling In home family supports Foster care and Adoption services Act as an Education Liaison between youth and the school system; including tutoring services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.6M | $12.7M | $12M | $0 | $10K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $12.1M | $11.6M | $11M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $12.2M | $11.5M | $10.9M | $0 | $0 | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $12.8M | $12.1M | $11.5M | $0 | $0 | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $12.8M | $13M | $12.3M | — | $0 | $770K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1,292 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions80
- Total compensation, all staff$7.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christopher Paul (treasurer); Jan Maguire (chair); Donna Good (director); Lindsay Rice (past chair); Nora Sanders (secretary); Barry Westman (manager of finance); Brian Flint (executive director); Craig Watkin (director); Lyndsay Collard (director); White Janice (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Family & Children's Services of St. Thomas and Elgin’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129906335RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.