Reach Out Centre for Kids
Publicly funded institution · Burlington, Ontario · BN 106914369RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,399,889) as filed with the CRA.
Reach Out Centre for Kids is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $16.3M in revenue and $16.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $437K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 140 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $22K in 2024, the largest being $22K to Children's Mental Health Ontario/sante Mentale pour Enfants Ontario. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Rock provides mental health services to children and their families.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.3M | $16.4M | $14.8M | — | $22K | $304K |
| 2023 | $15.8M | $15.9M | $14.2M | — | $20K | $378K |
| 2022 | $13.3M | $13.7M | $12.1M | — | $313K | $232K |
| 2021 | $12.5M | $12.6M | $11.4M | — | $19K | $611K |
| 2020 | $12.7M | $12.8M | $11.7M | — | $19K | $700K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $22K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $437K from 17 charities:
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$361K
- Reach Out Centre for Kids Foundation$20K
- Appleby College$17K
- Burlington Community Foundation$9,649
- Oakville Community Foundation$8,336
- The Sonor Foundation$5,000
- Burlington Helping Burlington$4,330
- Appleby United Church$4,100
- The Gift of Giving Back$2,083
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$1,161
- Glen Abbey United Church$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$955
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$657
- Canadahelps Canadon$286
- Burlington Concert Band and 'pops' Orchestra$200
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$130
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions140
- Total compensation, all staff$13M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roger Wilkie (chair); Scott Luzzi (treasurer); Kirsten Dougherty (secretary/ceo); Ryan Maraj (director); Leigh Brown (director); Sadaf Saljooki (director); Barbara Frederikse (director); Lorraine Kearsey-Carter (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Reach Out Centre for Kids’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106914369RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.