Kinark Foundation
Public foundation · Markham, Ontario · BN 838236164RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($206,300) as filed with the CRA.
Kinark Foundation is a public foundation based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $137K in revenue and $206K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $30K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 98% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The Kinark Foundation advances the social and emotional well-being of children and youth by raising funds and creating awareness in support of Kinark Child and Family Services and other organizations focusing on children's mental health. The Foundation makes grants to a broad range of initiatives including research pilot projects services for children youth and families collaborative community-based projects and equipment/capital needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $137K | $206K | $0 | $43K | $101K | $425K |
| 2023 | $155K | $89K | — | $37K | $29K | $495K |
| 2022 | $69K | $44K | — | — | $32K | $429K |
| 2021 | $72K | $46K | — | — | $30K | $0 |
| 2020 | $167K | $76K | — | $25K | $29K | $380K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $30K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tom Schmidt (president); Donna Kingelin (director); Marcia Benjamin (director); Sheree Wong (secretary/treasurer); Arjun Balasingham (director); Karolina Urban (director); David Thomas (director); Teresa Anton-Vijayakumar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kinark Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838236164RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.