Send 'em Off Smiling Children's Charity
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 829227883RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($153,979) as filed with the CRA.
Send 'em Off Smiling Children's Charity is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $110K in revenue and $154K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Provide backpacks containing new clothing shoes+school supplies to children in need in waterloo region
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $110K | $154K | $87K | — | $67K | $211K |
| 2023 | $106K | $179K | $109K | — | $71K | $199K |
| 2022 | $97K | $206K | $108K | — | $78K | $212K |
| 2021 | $146K | $149K | $94K | — | $55K | $248K |
| 2020 | $86K | $213K | $110K | — | $103K | $209K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $34K from 8 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,752
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,279
- The Ross and Doris Dixon Charitable Foundation$6,000
- Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region$5,000
- Rotary Club of Kitchener Grand River Charitable Foundation$3,000
- The May Court Club of Kitchener-Waterloo$1,000
- The Savvas Chamberlain Family Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$10
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bunny Beaubien (chairperson); Danielle Lanteigne (volunteer coordinator); Janet Lanteigne (purchasing); Jennifer Reed (director at large); Michelle Chisamore (warehouse); Rose Borgh (volunteer coordinator); Sarah Smith (school liason); Susan Price (secretary); Suzanne Smith (treasurer); Anne Stephen (director at large); Martin Montgomery (social media).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Send 'em Off Smiling Children's Charity’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829227883RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.