The Squirrels' Nest Child CARE Centre
Publicly funded institution · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 897175469RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,045,061) as filed with the CRA.
The Squirrels' Nest Child CARE Centre is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, 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 $1.5M in revenue and $2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% 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 65% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The Centre received small cash receipts through designated fund raising events. The Centre provides a non-profit daycare facility for the education care and guidance of children up to 10 years of age.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $2M | $1.9M | — | — | -$55K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $480K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $465K |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $540K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $147K |
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Crina Kajioka (president); Michael Sherlock (treasurer); Leocadia Reis (parent director); Kesing Sang (parent director); Leslie Galiotos (parent director); Dionne Duhamel (secretary); Shalin Banjara (parent director); Alison Gough (parent director); Dan Kajioka (parent director); Jocelyn Larose (parent director); Natalie Leeborg (parent director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Squirrels' Nest Child CARE Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897175469RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.