Thames Valley Children's Centre
Publicly funded institution · London, Ontario · BN 119210888RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($37,017,933) as filed with the CRA.
Thames Valley Children's Centre is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $38.4M in revenue and $37M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 326 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We provide rehabilitation services which support participation in all areas of life for children youth and young adults with physical communication or developmental needs. We do this through the following programs: Adaptive Technology Services Augmentative Communications Acquired Brain Injury Autism Blind Low Vision Cleft Lip and Palate Early Childhood Services Equipment Services Infant Hearing Medical Clinics Opportunities to Participate Preschool Speech and Language Research School Age Adolescent Services Seating and Volunteer Program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $38.4M | $37M | $29.1M | — | — | $8.5M |
| 2023 | $37.8M | $38.1M | $30.8M | — | — | $7.1M |
| 2022 | $35.3M | $34.9M | $28.5M | — | — | $7.4M |
| 2021 | $36M | $35.1M | $30.6M | — | — | $7M |
| 2020 | $35.8M | $36.2M | $30.4M | $130 | — | $6.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions326
- Total compensation, all staff$28.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dale Buchanan (board member); Linda Eligh (board member); Michelle Gunnell (board chair); Kirk Patterson (board member); Ryan McKie (board member); Jennifer Timmermans (board member); Alex Tyml (board member); Jennifer Buchanan (board member); Paul Howarth (chief executive officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thames Valley Children's Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119210888RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.