Milestones Children's Centre
Publicly funded institution · ST. Thomas, Ontario · BN 896876554RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,774,629) as filed with the CRA.
Milestones Children's Centre is a charitable organization based in ST. Thomas, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 48 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $3.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Operates a children's centre providing full day child care before and after school programs and summer camps
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3.8M | $3.3M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $3.2M | $2.8M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.9M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.4M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions48
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katie Charette (treasurer); David Da Camara (secretary); Kathleen Gingrich (vice chair); Deb Laverty (chair); Mary Ann Avey (director); Michelle Knieriem (director); Lauren Ollivierre (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Milestones Children's Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896876554RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.