The Canadian Children's Book Centre
Charitable organization · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 124389164RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,637,185) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Children's Book Centre is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $88K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Promoting canadian children's books through programs resources and activities including reviews recommended book lists webinars attending conferences and festivals sharing industry news - administrating books & canadian children's book awards across genres - curating content to promote and increase access to children's literature in canada on our youtube channel bibliovideo - publishing magazines to review and recommend the best in canadian children's literature - accessible books project to improve discoverability of books in accessible formats for young people with print disabilit…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $11 | — | $651K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $842 | — | $394K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | — | $206K |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $396K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $239K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $88K from 9 charities:
- The Chawkers foundation$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$16K
- The Leacross Foundation/La Fondation Leacross$10K
- The Peter and Eleanor Daniels Foundation$7,500
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$2,000
- Abundance Canada$300
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$30
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$303K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ayden Athwal (director); Holly Bodger (director); Nouran Emam (treasurer); Narmeen Lakhani (director); Michael Martin (director); Karen McMullin (director); Ishtat Mercurio (director); Gillian O'Reilly (director); Anne Remmel (vice president); Urve Tamberg (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Children's Book Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124389164RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.