Kiwanis Club of Forest City - London
Public foundation · London, Ontario · BN 118984228RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($136,217) as filed with the CRA.
Kiwanis Club of Forest City - London is a public foundation based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $165K in revenue and $136K in expenditures.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,611.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 98% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $56K in 2024, the largest being $6,200 to Youth Opportunities Unlimited. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $36K in 2020 to $165K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Raised funds by operating a parking lot owned by a london business and charge patrons parking fees. The lot is tended by volunteer members and students. The funds raised are disbursed to agencies in london who provide support to youth and senior groups.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $165K | $136K | — | $4,708 | $78K | $295K |
| 2023 | $133K | $159K | — | $32K | $101K | $266K |
| 2022 | $111K | $81K | $21K | $13K | $31K | $292K |
| 2021 | $14K | $38K | $3,423 | $3,822 | $22K | — |
| 2020 | $36K | $65K | $574 | $10K | $38K | $287K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $56K to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Youth Opportunities Unlimited$6,200
- The Kiwanis Foundation of Canada Incorporated$5,810
- Investing in Children Inc.$5,000
- London Family Court Clinic Incorporated$4,000
- The Kiwanis Music Festival of London Inc.$3,400
- London Regional Children's Museum$3,000
- London Symphonia$3,000
- Mission Services of London$2,900
- Thames Valley Education Foundation$2,500
- Crouch Neighbourhood Resource Centre$2,500
- London Health Sciences Foundation$2,000
- Merrymount Children's Centre$1,750
- Meals on Wheels London$1,500
- London and Area Food Bank Inc$1,500
- Indwell Community Homes$1,500
- Growing Chefs! Ontario Society$1,400
- London Community Chaplaincy$1,250
- Ark Aid Street Mission Inc.$1,250
- Vocpri the Volunteer Organization of Child and Parent Resource Institute$1,050
- London Community Dental Alliance$1,000
- Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of Canada$1,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$500
- ST. John Council for Ontario$500
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$500
- Thames Talbot Land Trust$250
Received $1,611 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$15K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Garrett (president); Henry Thuss (treasurer); Rosalyn Fast (past president); Bill Guthrie (secretary); Brian McNichol (president elect); George Robertson (director); Jim Garey (director); Sharon Lessard (director); Cristian Popescu (director); Olena Vorotyntseva (director); Ron Elliott (director); David Perks (director); Brenda Martin (director); Taras Vorotyntsev (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kiwanis Club of Forest City - London’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118984228RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.