The Phoenix Centre for Children and Families
Publicly funded institution · Pembroke, Ontario · BN 137275517RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,800,036) as filed with the CRA.
The Phoenix Centre for Children and Families is a charitable organization based in Pembroke, Ontario, 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 $3.9M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,298.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The programs operated by the charity include a non-residential program providing home based treatment to children & families suffering from emotional and behavioural problems.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $3.8M | $3.2M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $4.7M | $3.7M | — | $406K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.4M | $3.9M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $4.3M | $3.8M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $3.9M | $3.5M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,298 from 9 charities:
- Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living$1,294
- Whitewater Wesleyan Community Church the Wesleyan Church of Canada$789
- Canadahelps Canadon$552
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$486
- Zion Christian Reformed Church of Pembroke$435
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$310
- Hebron Christian Reformed Church$182
- Deep River Community Church$150
- Admaston Pastoral Charge$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Roosen (president); Leo Boland (treasurer); Lise Fortin (director); Patricia Day (vice-president); Kayla Quintal (director); Julia Reddy (director); Theresa Sabourin (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Phoenix Centre for Children and Families’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137275517RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.