First Stage Child CARE Centre
Publicly funded institution · Etobicoke, Ontario · BN 107387805RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,915,720) as filed with the CRA.
First Stage Child CARE Centre is a charitable organization based in Etobicoke, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $3.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $300.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 37 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The organization operates four child care centres in the city of toronto.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $3.9M | $3.8M | $4,049 | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $3.4M | $3.3M | $2,977 | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2,506 | — | $959K |
| 2021 | $3M | $3.3M | $3.2M | $1,016 | — | $689K |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $2.8M | $2.7M | — | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $300 from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions37
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Suzan Hall (chair); Womesh Arjune (director); Dianne James (secretary); Waqas Siddiqui (director); Casara Willis (director); Liana Macera (director); Karthik Kannan (vice chair); Sanjana Janardhanan (director); Mandy Wang (treasurer); Jennifer Reid-Kuess (program manager).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Stage Child CARE Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107387805RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.