Sombra Township Child CARE
Publicly funded institution · Port Lambton, Ontario · BN 888446663RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,677,726) as filed with the CRA.
Sombra Township Child CARE is a charitable organization based in Port Lambton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $993K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1. Early years challenge fund program for infants and preschool aged children and their parents 2. Ontario early years centre (earlyon) satellite program for infant and preschool aged children and parents. 3. Co-op nursary school program for preschool aged children 4. After school program for school aged children 5. Best start program for school aged children on days when they are not in school (kindergarten)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $7,553 | — | $368K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $9,124 | — | $332K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $983K | $5,662 | — | $220K |
| 2021 | $1M | $1M | $842K | — | — | $173K |
| 2020 | $993K | $927K | $774K | — | — | $160K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patricia Belanger (president); Greer Macdonell-Hurst (vice-president); Samantha Lester (treasurer); Stacey Vangrinsven (secretary); Candice Moore (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sombra Township Child CARE’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888446663RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.