Optimist Club of Thorndale-Youth
Charitable organization · Thorndale, Ontario · BN 138690474RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($57,144) as filed with the CRA.
Optimist Club of Thorndale-Youth is a charitable organization based in Thorndale, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $39K in revenue and $57K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,274 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers.
It reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $22K in 2024, the largest being $12K to Boy's & Girl's Club of London. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $20K in 2020 to $39K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Drug/alcohol awareness programs bike safety programs public speaking programs support boys and girls club sponsorship awards of elementary/secondary students
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $39K | $57K | $29K | — | $27K | $41K |
| 2023 | $55K | $54K | $39K | — | $15K | $58K |
| 2022 | $55K | $58K | $52K | — | $3,050 | $57K |
| 2021 | $51K | $19K | $18K | — | $850 | $60K |
| 2020 | $20K | $69K | $24K | — | $2,250 | $38K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $22K to 16 qualified donees:
- Boy's & Girl's Club of London$12K
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$2,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$1,500
- Boy's & Girl's Club of London$1,200
- London and Area Food Bank Inc$1,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$1,000
- Thames Valley Education Foundation$600
- Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions/association Canadienne des Foires et Expositions$500
- Childcan the Childhood Cancer Research Association$500
- Palace Theatre Arts Commons$500
- Sleeping Children Around the World$400
- Scouts Canada Provincial Council for Ontario$300
- City Art Centre (London)$250
- The Sunshine Foundation of Canada$250
- Canadian Children's Optimist Foundation$150
- Crohn's and Colitis Canada$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bob Sorenson (director); Ken Quenneville (director); Don Phillips (vice president); Wilf Kemp (director); Bob Graham (director); Bill Tipping (president); Brian Murrell (secretary/treasurer); Greg Morris (director); Michael Fernando (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Optimist Club of Thorndale-Youth’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138690474RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.