The Children's Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108076688RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,499,184) as filed with the CRA.
The Children's Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 $6.4M in revenue and $6.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 50 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The children's foundation works to improve the lives of children through a range of community services and residential services for families experiencing difficulties with their children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.4M | $6.5M | $5.7M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $5.8M | $5.1M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $5.4M | $5.5M | $4.9M | — | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $5.8M | $5.8M | $5.1M | — | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $7.3M | $6.9M | $6.2M | — | — | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $29K from 11 charities:
- The Wolrige Foundation$10K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,917
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3,178
- Vancouver Foundation$2,635
- Oasis Foundation$2,000
- The Andrew Mahon Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$974
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$97
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$27
- Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society—
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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions50
- Total compensation, all staff$5.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Simon Chen (treasurer); Elizabeth Demner (director); Danielle Douglas (director); Alina Gerrie (director); Alyssa Leyba (director); Danny Lee (director); Steven Mah (president); Loa Fridfinnson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Children's Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108076688RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.