The Children's Foundation Serving Hastings Northumberland and Prince Edward Counties
Public foundation · Belleville, Ontario · BN 892996968RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($934,588) as filed with the CRA.
The Children's Foundation Serving Hastings Northumberland and Prince Edward Counties is a public foundation based in Belleville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $935K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 6% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $218K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to YMCA of Central East Ontario. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Funding for underprivileged children and youth to attend recreational activities. Funding to send children to camp. Funding for post-secondary and trades education through scholarships and bursaries. Funding for mental health supports for children and youth. Funding for cribs and car seats for parents affected by low income. Funding for training and development for youth to increase independence and employability. Funding to provide emergency shelter and provisions to prevent youth homelessness.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $935K | $426K | $280K | $5,000 | $716K |
| 2023 | $904K | $1M | $514K | $302K | $5,000 | $546K |
| 2022 | $751K | $858K | $434K | $233K | — | $667K |
| 2021 | $733K | $697K | $320K | $204K | — | $774K |
| 2020 | $797K | $498K | $217K | $172K | — | $738K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $218K from 16 charities:
- John M. & Bernice Parrott Foundation Inc.$100K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25K
- The Tawse Family Charitable Foundation$25K
- Senators Community Foundation$13K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$12K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$10K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$10K
- The Alva Foundation$10K
- Rotary Club of Belleville Charitable Trust$6,250
- The Frederick J Hennessey Foundation$4,000
- First Baptist Church$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Williams Family Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Cressy - Glenora Pastoral Charge$200
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$318K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheri Meeks (director); Mike Callaghan (past chair); Liz Lehtinen (director); Cassandra Bonn (chair); Cynthya Schmidt (treasurer); Jack Miller (1st vice chair); Rick Phillips (director); Suzanne Hunt (director); Leslie Pallant (director); Alyssa Parks (secretary); Allyson Williams (director); Sarah Rozema-Seaton (2nd vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Children's Foundation Serving Hastings Northumberland and Prince Edward Counties’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892996968RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.