Seasons Centre for Grieving Children
Charitable organization · Barrie, Ontario · BN 898498142RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($698,947) as filed with the CRA.
Seasons Centre for Grieving Children is a charitable organization based in Barrie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $737K in revenue and $699K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 6% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $156K.
Compared with 2,516 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $442K in 2020 to $737K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Peer support groups for children youth and their families who experience emotional effects of grieving. In school grief support program and a week long summer overnight camp.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $737K | $699K | $315K | $234K | — | $759K |
| 2022 | $683K | $568K | $277K | $174K | — | $713K |
| 2021 | $770K | $489K | $229K | $155K | — | $606K |
| 2020 | $442K | $449K | $224K | $132K | — | $400K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $156K from 11 charities:
- Barrie Community Foundation$69K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$3,500
- Sweeney Forbes Foundation$2,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,840
- The Albarrie Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$659
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$135
- Troop Impact Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$372K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Samantha Bergeron (secretary); Mike Cowden (director); Carlayne Gilbertson (director); Simone Guenette (treasurer); Christy Hamill (director); Jessika Kipis (director); Rachel Moffat (director); Carey Moran (vice president); Heidi Pitfield (director); Kim Smith (president); Brittany Thompson (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Seasons Centre for Grieving Children’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898498142RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.