The Baby Depot
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 817629520RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($232,845) as filed with the CRA.
The Baby Depot is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $272K in revenue and $233K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $152K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $81K in 2020 to $272K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Recycle clothing and essential baby gear for families in need
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $272K | $233K | $190K | — | — | $109K |
| 2023 | $181K | $206K | $177K | — | — | $70K |
| 2022 | $126K | $111K | $108K | — | — | $41K |
| 2021 | $89K | $123K | $49K | — | — | $56K |
| 2020 | $81K | $54K | $26K | — | — | $79K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $152K from 15 charities:
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$50K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$24K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- Patrick J McNally Charitable Foundation$10K
- Canada Gives$10K
- The Meeting House Church Family$6,221
- Traquair Family Foundation$5,000
- The George Lunan Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Crossroads Christian Communications Incorporated$2,000
- The Georgina Foundation$1,000
- Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Employees Charity Trust Project Concern$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$790
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$20
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$120K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Leadley (treasurer); Joella Reitsma (chair); Kristy Hamilton (board member); Kathryn Fair (board member); Katie Double (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Baby Depot’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817629520RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.