The Toronto Star Children's Charities
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119267425RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,853,602) as filed with the CRA.
The Toronto Star Children's Charities is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $192K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 182 qualified donees totalling $728K in 2024, the largest being $29K to Kinark Child and Family Services. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The purpose of The Toronto Star Children’s Charities is to inspire hope joy and curiosity in kids through its initiatives such as the Santa Claus Fund and the Fresh Air Fund. The Toronto Star Fresh Air Fund provides grants to camp organizations to subsidize fees for kids who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend from across Ontario each summer. Each year we strive to help thousands of children attend over 100 different day and overnight camps. The Fresh Air Fund summer experience helps kids build self-esteem and social skills in a safe fun and nurturing environment. The Toronto Star Santa …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.9M | $1.9M | — | $728K | $4.6M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $3.3M | $2M | — | $1.2M | $4.8M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $1.7M | — | $892K | $5.4M |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $2.2M | $1.5M | — | $763K | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $196K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $728K to 182 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Kinark Child and Family Services$29K
- Jays CARE Foundation$16K
- The Camp Tanamakoon Charitable Foundation Inc.$15K
- Outward Bound Canada$14K
- Moorelands Community Services$13K
- Native Child and Family Services of Toronto$13K
- Agudath Israel of Toronto$9,720
- The U. N. F. Foundation$9,110
- The Corporation of the City of Mississauga$9,110
- The Canadian National Institute For The Blind$9,110
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada$8,500
- Variety Village$8,200
- Variety Village$8,200
- Friends of the Learning Disabled$7,890
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Toronto Central Council$7,290
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Toronto Central Council$7,290
- Creative and Natural Outdoor Experience Inc$7,290
- Child Development Institute$7,290
- The Bob Rumball Camp of the Deaf$7,290
- Boundless Adventures Association$7,290
- BGC East Scarborough$6,990
- Trails Youth Initiatives Inc.$6,840
- Arthritis Society Canada$6,460
- Geneva Centre for Autism Foundation$6,380
- Reena Inc.$6,070
Received $192K from 32 charities:
- The Sixty Three Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- The Rand Alexander Lomas Family Foundation$10K
- The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation$8,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,978
- Canada Gives$7,700
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,321
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,000
- The Kiwanis Club of Riverdale Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Frank H Hori Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Lindy Green Family Foundation$5,000
- Lindy Green Family Foundation$5,000
- Toronto Foundation$3,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
- The Schneider Family Foundation$3,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,140
- The Peel District School Board$2,000
- Lee Tak Wai Foundation$2,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,950
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,530
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,500
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$1,200
- Oakville Community Foundation$1,200
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$800
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$192K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jordan Bitove (chair trustee (officer)); Neil Oliver (vice-chair trustee (officer)); Emma Carver (secretary (officer)); Jasmine Gill (trustee); John Krycia (treasurer trustee (officer)).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Toronto Star Children's Charities’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119267425RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.