Give Kids a Chance Foundation
Charitable organization · East York, Ontario · BN 828476143RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($158,724) as filed with the CRA.
Give Kids a Chance Foundation is a charitable organization based in East York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $124K in revenue and $159K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 61% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $87K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $301K in 2020 to $124K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We continue to fund and monitor a primary and a secondary in guatemala that we built with partners. We provide funding for teachers salaries building maintenance sports programs computer classes and insurance/security needs. There are over 400 children attending our schools in jocotenango guatemala. The directors of give kids a chance foundation travel to guatemala twice per year to ensure the schools are functioning and providing educational services that are vital to these children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $124K | $159K | $159K | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $137K | $169K | $169K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $229K | — | $182K | — | $200K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $399K | $114K | $114K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $301K | $153K | $153K | — | — | $769K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $87K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donna Jepson (president); Kimberly Jepson (director); Dustin Jepson (director); Jessica Levman (director); Jacob Levman (director); Susanne Gabriele (director); Maximilian Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Give Kids a Chance Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 828476143RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.