Kids Can Fly Early Child Development and Parenting Support
Publicly funded institution · Brantford, Ontario · BN 884476904RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($330,637) as filed with the CRA.
Kids Can Fly Early Child Development and Parenting Support is a public foundation based in Brantford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $382K in revenue and $331K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $97K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Parenting and child centre - launchpad roots of empathy book camp parachute programs character breakfast early childhood educator day literacy workshop imagination library and best start bridging project.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $382K | $331K | $227K | $28K | — | $265K |
| 2023 | $409K | $356K | $280K | $30K | — | $213K |
| 2022 | $301K | $296K | $230K | $3,984 | — | $175K |
| 2021 | $256K | $257K | $208K | $740 | — | $344K |
| 2020 | $265K | $260K | $202K | $2,603 | — | $153K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $97K from 13 charities:
- Brant United Way$32K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$21K
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$10K
- Mowbray and Doris Sifton Family Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,778
- Bailie Family Foundation$5,000
- The James F Boughner Foundation$5,000
- Barterpay It Forward Foundation$2,111
- The Georgina Foundation$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,305
- The Rotary Club of Brantford Sunrise$500
- Braemar House School Incorporated$185
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cynthia Andrew (chair); Jaimie O'Krafka (vice chair); Sarah Disher-Neddow (past chair); Terry Adkins (treasurer); Brittany Leggett (secretary); Jeanne Smitiuch (director); Katrina Macri (director); Caralyn Thomas (director); Caitlin Turner (director); Raj Bale (director); Jamie Thompson (director); Lisa Collins (director); Natalie Hughes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kids Can Fly Early Child Development and Parenting Support’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884476904RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.