The Sandbox Project Charity
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 819867490RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($358,384) as filed with the CRA.
The Sandbox Project Charity is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $321K in revenue and $358K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 67% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $214K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $4,500 in 2024, the largest being $2,250 to Youthinspired Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $493K in 2020 to $321K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The organization’s mandate is to bring together leading academics governments agencies charities ngo’s and industry to create a transformational environment for priority areas in child and youth health in canada. The focus is on injury prevention mental health issues obesity and nutrition disabilities and the effect of the environment on child development. The organization undertakes an annual conference which focuses on current health issues for canadian youth. The sandbox project has created the sandbox impact program to further our collaborative efforts for child and youth health and…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $321K | $358K | $324K | — | $11K | $116K |
| 2023 | $325K | $373K | $330K | — | $22K | $154K |
| 2022 | $376K | $360K | $322K | — | $7,700 | $203K |
| 2021 | $352K | $414K | $373K | — | $21K | $187K |
| 2020 | $493K | $386K | $321K | — | $49K | $290K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4,500 to 2 qualified donees:
- Youthinspired Foundation$2,250
- YMCA of Eastern Ontario$2,250
Received $214K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$94K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul J Brown (past chair of the board); Terrie-Lynne Devonish (chair of the board); Sarah Skinner (board director); Jonathan L Rose (board director); Matt Stone (board director); Noah Gordon (board director); Andrew Siqueira (board director); Melissa Tobenstein (board director); Genevieve Tomney (board director); Kathleen Perchaluk (board director); Drew Rankin (board director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sandbox Project Charity’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819867490RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.