Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 805044542RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,315,355) as filed with the CRA.
Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.4M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $485K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 182 qualified donees totalling $2.2M in 2024, the largest being $420K to Toronto Catholic District School Board. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $974K in 2020 to $3.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provides free access to community events for children youth and their caregivers through the distribution of donated arts culture sports and recreational opportunities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $180K | $41K | $2.7M | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $273K | $20K | $2.1M | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.5M | $49K | $1.9M | $1M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $732K | $20K | $547K | $987K |
| 2020 | $974K | $862K | $580K | $20K | $439K | $915K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.2M to 182 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Toronto Catholic District School Board$420K
- Community Family Services of Ontario$128K
- Ontario Parents Advocating for Children With Cancer$104K
- Toronto Hifz Academy$102K
- Rexdale Women's Centre$98K
- Native Child and Family Services of Toronto$94K
- Toronto Foundation for Student Success$90K
- A Smooth Way to Success$51K
- Esperance Charitable Fund$45K
- Jane/finch Community and Family Centre$37K
- Working Women Community Centre$34K
- Costi Immigrant Services$31K
- 4reasonz$30K
- East Toronto Family Community Centre$30K
- Youth Assisting Youth$30K
- The Remix Project$29K
- Coach John Leadership and Community Engagement Initiatives$28K
- Newcomer Women's Services Toronto$27K
- The Muc Shelter Corporation$25K
- Deaf Services Canada Inc.$24K
- Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre$22K
- Starlight Children's Foundation Canada$21K
- Eshkiniigjik Naandwechigegamig Aabiish Gaa Binjibaaying - ENAGB Youth Program$21K
- Tno - the Neighbourhood Organization$20K
- Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre$20K
Received $485K from 26 charities:
- MLSE Foundation$100K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$68K
- The Calgary Foundation$60K
- The Yellow Bus Foundation$60K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$60K
- Jays CARE Foundation$30K
- The Azrieli Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- The Marion Armstrong Charitable Foundation$10K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- The Conn Smythe Foundation$10K
- The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation$10K
- Canada Gives$7,500
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Toronto Foundation$5,000
- Tony Cesaroni Family Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$2,500
- J & L Rogers Family Charitable Foundation$2,500
- The BLG Foundation$2,500
- Mississauga Foundation$2,000
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$1,838
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,774
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,416
- United Way of Oxford$601
- Trotter Family Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$391K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Atkinson (treasurer); Victoria Prince (secretary); Gordon Samuels (past chair); Lindsay Oughtred (executive director); Mike Armstrong (director); Tobin Davis (chair); Magda Krpan (director); Dawn Bednarski (director); Stephanie Aoun (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 805044542RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.