Transforming Cleft
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 867204034RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,196,906) as filed with the CRA.
Transforming Cleft is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $290K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $38K in 2024, the largest being $38K to UHN Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The charity works with local area medical personnel to provide training and medical treatment to selected patients. The charity increases the public's understanding of cleft lip and palate and supports research specifically related to comprehensive cleft care. The charity provides disaster relief to patients who live in communities where the charity carries on its programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $1.9M | $174K | $38K | $503K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $165K | $38K | $202K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $144K | — | $322K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $121K | — | $406K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $111K | — | $344K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $38K to 1 qualified donee:
- UHN Foundation$38K
Received $290K from 18 charities:
- The Bradstreet Family Foundation$150K
- The James A. and Donna-Mae Moore Foundation$64K
- Blossom Foundation$20K
- HBMJ Foundation$15K
- Terence & Svea McKillen Foundation$15K
- The Peterborough K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,555
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,608
- The Calgary Foundation$1,489
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$1,239
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,200
- Fondation Rotaide Inc./rotaide Foundation Inc.$1,189
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$510
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$350
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$350
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$276
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$97
- United Way of Calgary and Area$25
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$831K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacqueline Elton (president); Nancy Hudson (director); Cindy Guernsey (director); Jillian Martin (treasurer); Elizabeth Tesfay (director); Sanjil Girish Shah (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Transforming Cleft’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867204034RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.