Tara Boom Houston Children's Foundation
Public foundation · St.thomas, Ontario · BN 891374001RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($67,596) as filed with the CRA.
Tara Boom Houston Children's Foundation is a public foundation based in St.thomas, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $100K in revenue and $68K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,286.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $58K in 2020 to $100K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Financially supporting and assisting terminally and chronically ill children and their families to ease the financial burden of their circumstances.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $100K | $68K | $67K | — | — | $811K |
| 2023 | $53K | $48K | $47K | — | — | $779K |
| 2022 | -$27K | $16K | $14K | $1,003 | — | $774K |
| 2021 | $65K | $13K | $8,871 | $624 | — | $817K |
| 2020 | $58K | $31K | $29K | $1,637 | — | $764K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,286 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,286
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Houston (president); Sheralyn Houston (vice president); Cathy Hamilton (secretary); Paula Chatterson (director); Alisa Devries (director); Rona Cobean (director); Arianne Elmauer (treasurer); Pamela Devries (director); Freda Fedema (director); Lisa-Dawn Steele (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tara Boom Houston Children's Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891374001RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.