Toronto Waterfront Montessori Childrens Centres
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119267573RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($571,701) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Waterfront Montessori Childrens Centres is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $456K in revenue and $572K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $730.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To work together with parents to provide a balanced environment for a child that encourages optimum emotional social & cognitive development. To stimulate & encourage family growth through parent education. To incorporate as our foundation montessori's respect for and confidence in a child's own nature specifically his/her inner drive to learn. To recognize & preserve the unique direction & intiative each child takes in his/her own education. To guide & nurture a child to become emotionally responsible socially conscious academically successful & to meet life on his/her own terms.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $456K | $572K | $474K | $0 | $0 | $1,656 |
| 2023 | $360K | $480K | $456K | $0 | — | $37K |
| 2022 | $469K | $432K | $381K | $0 | $0 | $171K |
| 2021 | $517K | $432K | $383K | $0 | $0 | $232K |
| 2020 | $334K | $349K | $320K | $0 | $0 | $101K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $730 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$475K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathleen Roerick (executive director); Joan Gladding (signing officer/administrator); Jeffrey McLaughlin (building chair); Bidisha De Sarkar (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Waterfront Montessori Childrens Centres’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119267573RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.