War Child Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 872374426RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,753,559) as filed with the CRA.
War Child Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under protective health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $22.1M in revenue and $21.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 15% from government, 47% from other charities. In 2024, 47 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11.2M.
Compared with 85 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 693 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.3M to Oxfam Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The charity War Child Canada helps families and communities in Afghanistan the Democratic Republic of Congo South Sudan Sudan Uganda and Yemen through education youth and women’s livelihoods support and other vital services. The charity helps children by providing safe spaces to play learn and seek support. The charity helps children who have been forced to leave school to catch up on their education and return to learning. The charity helps survivors of conflict through counselling services and activities that address trauma and support recovery. The charity helps communities by pr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22.1M | $21.8M | $17.5M | $1.9M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $18.9M | $19.2M | $16.1M | $1.8M | $657K | $949K |
| 2022 | $15M | $14.9M | $11.9M | $1.8M | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $15.7M | $13.7M | $11.7M | $928K | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $19.7M | $18.7M | $16.9M | $849K | — | -$761K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.3M to 1 qualified donee:
- Oxfam Canada$1.3M
Received $11.2M from 47 charities:
- Mastercard Foundation$6.8M
- World Vision Canada$2M
- The Heather Sheehan Foundation$1.1M
- Myhal Family Foundation$250K
- Canadahelps Canadon$162K
- Canadahelps Canadon$162K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$150K
- The Slaight Family Foundation$75K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$50K
- LRDR Foundation$50K
- Arrell Family Foundation$50K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$33K
- Giselle Foundation$30K
- Celtic Cross Charitable Foundation Trust$30K
- The Alexander Charles Foundation$30K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$29K
- BenefAction Foundation$21K
- Otto and Marie Pick Foundation$20K
- Simple Plan Foundation$20K
- The David and Patricia Morton Family Foundation$15K
- Plusoneplusone Canada$14K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Toronto Foundation$10K
- Brookfield Partners Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,903
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions693
- Total compensation, all staff$9.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Eizenga (board member); Nils Engelstad (board member); Omar Khan (board member); Denise Donlon (board member); Adrian Lang (board member); Bob Richardson (board member); Dan Sheehan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from War Child Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872374426RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.