The Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 140543430RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,625,855) as filed with the CRA.
The Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.8M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 17% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 36 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $817K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking 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 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The Children's Foundation provides financial assistance through various programs for children and youth so that they can experience parts of childhood that many of us take for granted. These programs include student nutrition programs financial assistance for recreational activities scholarships and a Holiday program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.6M | $2.9M | $275K | — | $859K |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.4M | $2.7M | $315K | — | $713K |
| 2022 | $693K | $684K | $522K | $57K | — | $692K |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.6M | $209K | — | $684K |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $151K | — | $668K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $817K from 36 charities:
- Food4Kids Guelph$326K
- The Michael and Carol Mueller Family Foundation$100K
- The Robert and Sharon Ireland Foundation$75K
- The Guelph Community Foundation$66K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$35K
- LJ Pearson Foundation$30K
- Centre Wellington Community Foundation$28K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25K
- W.C. Wood Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- BenefAction Foundation$14K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$10K
- Orangeville Baptist Church$10K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$10K
- Dr. Lou and Mae Lukenda Charitable Foundation$8,000
- The Lawson Foundation$5,000
- Bailie Family Foundation$5,000
- Community of Christ Guelph Congregation$4,117
- ST Andrew's Presbyterian Church$3,000
- Rotary Club of Guelph-Wellington Charitable Foundation$2,500
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$2,500
- Mazon Canada$2,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,000
- The Synod of the Diocese of Niagara$1,756
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$782K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicole Carter (director); Menah Kerr (director); Scott McRoberts (vice chair); Joseph Migliaccio (chair); Karyn Sales (secretary); Charmaine Collins (director); Jenna Francone (director); Jason Hall (director); Danai Mushayandebvu (director); Karen Johnson (director); Suzanne Bone (director); Stephanie Devost (director); Karan Mann (director); Suzannah Patmios (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140543430RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.