Operation Smile Canada Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 840643605RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($21,393,890) as filed with the CRA.
Operation Smile Canada Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $21.9M in revenue and $21.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 152 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.3M.
Compared with 85 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Operation Smile Canada Foundation delivers free safe and timely surgery as well as pre- and post-surgical care and comprehensive cleft care for children born and/or living with cleft lip cleft palate and other facial conditions living in the global south. This care is carried out by global volunteer medical professionals. We also specialize in the training and education of medical professionals related to cleft; conduct research on causes and treatment; and educate the public about cleft lip and cleft palate; engaging youth through student leadership programs including social media and fun…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21.9M | $21.4M | $12.4M | $7M | — | $6.6M |
| 2023 | $19M | $19.7M | $11.2M | $6.5M | — | $6.1M |
| 2022 | $16.4M | $15.7M | $9M | $5.1M | — | $6.7M |
| 2021 | $15.4M | $13.3M | $7.5M | $4.2M | — | $6M |
| 2020 | $14.9M | $13.5M | $8M | $4M | — | $3.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.3M from 152 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$552K
- BenefAction Foundation$397K
- The Jules Foundation$200K
- Canadahelps Canadon$167K
- Canadahelps Canadon$167K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$148K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$61K
- The Mitchell and Kathryn Baran Family Foundation$55K
- Ellis Family Foundation$45K
- Aqueduct Foundation$45K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$31K
- Abundance Canada$28K
- The Kaylou Foundation$28K
- KSBK Charitable Foundation$26K
- Celtic Cross Charitable Foundation Trust$20K
- The Fred and Jane Reinders Foundation$20K
- Ewald Family Foundation$15K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$14K
- London Community Foundation$13K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$13K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$10K
- Isaiah 61 Foundation$10K
- Cut Foundation$10K
- The Foundation Office.ca$10K
- Turkstra Foundation$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kenneth Wilson (past chair); Lori Tymchyk (treasurer); William Magee (director); Jim Siti (director); Michael Bezuhly (chair); Christine Nakamura (director); Vivek Panchapakesan (director); Darcy Huda (secretary); Rick Mangat (director); Bryon Gilchrist (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Operation Smile Canada Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840643605RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.