The Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 129863577RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($81,995,000) as filed with the CRA.
The Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $86.3M in revenue and $82M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.9M.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $250,000–299,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 343 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
On behalf of the Catholic community of Toronto the Society is committed to providing social services that protect children/youth and strengthen family life. The Society provides the following programs: child protection child and family counseling residential services adoption services and disclosure services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $86.3M | $82M | $68.2M | — | — | -$23.2M |
| 2023 | $83.1M | $85.1M | $70.8M | — | — | -$27.5M |
| 2022 | $82.2M | $83.6M | $68.7M | — | $417K | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $87.6M | $124.9M | $67.1M | — | $41.1M | $4.5M |
| 2020 | $88.8M | $84.7M | $69M | — | — | $43.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.9M from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9992 positions
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions343
- Total compensation, all staff$46.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Antonio Ciciretto (director); Vanessa Cocco (1st vice president); Anthony Cocuzzo (past president); Mark Creedon (director); Kevin Crigger (director); Susanne Desrochers (2nd vice president); Geoffrey Grayhurst (director); Phil Lindsay (secretary); Elizabeth McGee (president); Erin Metzler (director); Henry Parada (director); Tara Tinmouth (treasurer); John Voutsinos (director); Priscilla Manful (chief executive officer); Clara Secnik (chief financial officer); Agnes Thomas (director); Carol Comissiong (director); Anita Lall (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129863577RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.