The Gordon Street Children's Cottage Child CARE Centre
Publicly funded institution · Oshawa, Ontario · BN 119235521RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,491,500) as filed with the CRA.
The Gordon Street Children's Cottage Child CARE Centre is a charitable organization based in Oshawa, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $958K in 2020 to $2.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
CHILD CARE SERVICES. At Waterview we offer play-based and emergent curriculum. Learning through play allows children to be creative while stimulating their physical social/emotion and cognitive development. An integral component of learning is when children are able to use imagination and make connections through their experiences. Children are provided with daily opportunities to make their own discoveries through various activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.4M | $7,676 | — | $414K |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $7,746 | — | $341K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.9M | $10K | — | $538K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $400K |
| 2020 | $958K | $881K | $879K | — | — | $119K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jessica Jowitt (president); Erica Meyer (director); Zach Kirkby (treasurer); Clifford Kavanagh (secretary); Christina Parrington (director); Jennifer Kendry (director); Heather Eckley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Gordon Street Children's Cottage Child CARE Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119235521RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.