George Jeffrey Children's Foundation
Public foundation · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 854696770RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($665,440) as filed with the CRA.
George Jeffrey Children's Foundation is a public foundation based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $659K in revenue and $665K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $82K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $344K in 2024, the largest being $344K to George Jeffrey Children's Centre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Receives & maintains funds to apply all or in part to support the work of george jeffrey children’s centre. Emphasis on increasing access to specialized care by increasing accessibility to existing programs as well as supporting new initiatives
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $659K | $665K | — | $108K | $344K | $2M |
| 2023 | $568K | $526K | — | $144K | $273K | $2M |
| 2022 | $440K | $481K | — | $118K | $263K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $297K | $243K | — | $67K | $112K | $2M |
| 2020 | $520K | $434K | — | $138K | $203K | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $344K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $82K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Ames Family Foundation$15K
- Thunder Bay Community Foundation$8,683
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,607
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,706
- BenefAction Foundation$300
- The Sisters of ST Joseph of Sault Ste Marie$200
- United Way of Thunder Bay$165
- Lakehead District School Board Employees Charity Trust Fund$75
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$54
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$213K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Duncan (vice president/treasurer); Aldo Fata (director); Jenny Porter (director); Peter Miedema (director); Jamie Harris (director); Cynthia Levanto-Kawahara (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from George Jeffrey Children's Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854696770RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.