Shining Through Centre for Children With Autism
Charitable organization · Woodbridge, Ontario · BN 864022769RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,115,876) as filed with the CRA.
Shining Through Centre for Children With Autism is a charitable organization based in Woodbridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.4M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 6% from government. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $290K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 77 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $75K in 2024, the largest being $75K to Autism Beyond 21 Centre. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The shining through centre provides high quality intensive behavioural programming in one-to-one and small group instruction using the principles of applied behaviour analysis (aba) for children with autism. Shining through centre provides a variety of programs: early intensive behavioural intervention (eibi) a comprehensive evidenced based behavioural intervention using the principles of applied behaviour analysis (aba); early intensive behavioural intervention (eibi) + inclusion in a school setting and; youth program up to 21 years a program for adolescents and young adults designed t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $4.1M | $3.4M | $270K | $75K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $4.7M | $4.3M | $5,266 | — | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $4.5M | $4.1M | $9,166 | — | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $3.3M | $2.9M | $8,794 | — | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $2.6M | $2.1M | $208K | — | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $75K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $290K from 17 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- Canadahelps Canadon$65K
- Canadahelps Canadon$65K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$31K
- William and Mary Singer Family Canadian Foundation$10K
- Canada Gives$10K
- Els For Autism Canada$10K
- The Hunt Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Guelph Community Foundation$5,000
- Toronto Foundation$5,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$2,000
- The Ralph and Rose Chiodo Family Foundation$2,000
- The Di Marco Family Foundation$1,500
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$1,079
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,012
- The Serruya Family Foundation$1,000
- WFG Charitable Trust$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions77
- Total compensation, all staff$3.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joseph Trozzo (secretary); Anna Martini (director); Antonio Didiano (treasurer); Ryan McNerney (director); John Hourihan (director); Sonia Sobera (director); Jill Madorsky (director); Leonard LIM (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shining Through Centre for Children With Autism’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864022769RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.