More Than Child's Play
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119046100RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($189,738) as filed with the CRA.
More Than Child's Play is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $203K in revenue and $190K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The organization runs a family resource centre for parents and caregivers with children up to 6 years old.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $203K | $190K | $174K | — | — | $51K |
| 2023 | $185K | $183K | $135K | — | — | $39K |
| 2022 | $161K | $175K | $128K | — | — | $36K |
| 2021 | $176K | $177K | $128K | — | — | $59K |
| 2020 | $188K | $171K | $126K | — | — | $59K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$162K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pavithra Appukutty (board member); Kelly Brown (board member); Rita Costa (president board member); Andrea Heaney (treasurer board member); Peggy Jamil (board member); Ankita Nandini (board member); Tony Nguyen (board member); Meena Ponmudi (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from More Than Child's Play’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119046100RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.