Kawartha-Haliburton Children's Foundation
Charitable organization · Peterborough, Ontario · BN 118978139RR0002 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($690,403) as filed with the CRA.
Kawartha-Haliburton Children's Foundation is a charitable organization based in Peterborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $712K in revenue and $690K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 58% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $340K.
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 34% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $7,500 in 2024, the largest being $7,500 to The Kawartha-Haliburton Children's Aid Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The kawartha-haliburton children's foundation was established to primarily support projects of benefit to the children in the kawartha-haliburton children's aid society. The costs of these projects fall outside of the funding provided by the government for child welfare services. These projects include the following: - summer camp fund - margaret davies bursary fund - sports and recreation - music and dance - santa's sleigh - youth transitioning out of foster care gift card program - youth in care graduation ceremony - sweet dreams pajamas and bedding - child safety fund - kinship support fund
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $712K | $690K | $545K | $73K | $7,500 | $704K |
| 2023 | $510K | $586K | $432K | $96K | — | $683K |
| 2022 | $447K | $670K | $353K | $68K | $168K | $759K |
| 2021 | $545K | $511K | $411K | $53K | $9,000 | $981K |
| 2020 | $560K | $526K | $364K | $41K | $70K | $948K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7,500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $340K from 19 charities:
- John Bright Foundation$165K
- Otto and Marie Pick Foundation$60K
- Toronto Foundation$20K
- Kymar Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$10K
- Luke Four Foundation$10K
- Canada Gives$10K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$10K
- Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough$6,300
- Traquair Family Foundation$5,000
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- CHUM Charitable Foundation$850
- The Kinsmen Club of Lindsay Foundation$300
- Emmanuel United Church$250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$190
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$133K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Bardawill (chair); Colin Elsby (director); Carla Gorman (director); Melissa Graham-Macdonald (director); Loralee Hays (past chair); Babin Joy (director); Jessica Gordon (director); Phillip Jolicoeur (director); Doug Robinson (treasurer); Tracy Culleton (director); Susan Oliver (director); Sandra Levy (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kawartha-Haliburton Children's Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118978139RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.