London Regional Children's Museum
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 108087263RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,015,675) as filed with the CRA.
London Regional Children's Museum is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from donations, 13% from government. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $704K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The London Children's Museum (LRCM) provides safe inclusive accessible and educational experiential learning through play for children and their adults through immersive exhibits collections and programs. The LRCM supports schools and students by providing in class and on site educational programs aligned with the Ontario Curriculum. The LRCM offers engaging inclusive summer and PA day camps as well as birthday parties facility rentals outreaches and events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $3M | $2.1M | $456K | — | $924K |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $1.7M | $365K | — | $4.4M |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $266K | $0 | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $0 | $1M | $231K | $0 | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.1M | $307K | — | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $704K from 30 charities:
- The Mitchell and Kathryn Baran Family Foundation$200K
- London Community Foundation$87K
- Good Foundation Inc.$50K
- The Brian and Heather Semkowski Family Foundation$30K
- The Ralph M. Barford Foundation$30K
- WCPD Foundation$30K
- London Knights Alumni Foundation$25K
- The Minto Greenberg Legacy Foundation$25K
- The Charles H. Ivey Foundation$25K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$22K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20K
- The Walter J Blackburn Foundation$20K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$20K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$15K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$15K
- Takla Foundation$15K
- Sun Light Foundation$13K
- BenefAction Foundation$11K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Gerald C Baines Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Canadian Association of Science Centres$9,112
- The Lawson Foundation$8,417
- The Jack and Barbara Hay Foundation$5,251
- Kiwanis Club of Forest City - London$3,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,757
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anand Desai (director); Emily Schinbein (chair); John Riddell (vice-chair); Susan McGugan (treasurer); Joannah Campbell (director); Erin Ackles-Pennington (director); Anna Creery (director); Shaquille Sealy (director); Tracy Chisholm (director); Mike Case (director); Soyuth Sok (director); Katherine Ledgley (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from London Regional Children's Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108087263RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.