Windsor Essex CARE for Kids Foundation
Public foundation · Windsor, Ontario · BN 852957638RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($595,803) as filed with the CRA.
Windsor Essex CARE for Kids Foundation is a public foundation based in Windsor, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $381K in revenue and $596K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $52K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $355K in 2024, the largest being $302K to Windsor Regional Hospital. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Foundation is dedicated to enhancing health and wellness of children in windsor and essex county through fundraising initiatives.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $381K | $596K | — | $81K | $355K | $236K |
| 2023 | $591K | $487K | — | $59K | $274K | $451K |
| 2022 | $407K | $330K | — | $35K | $168K | $347K |
| 2021 | $285K | $396K | — | $7,850 | $302K | $271K |
| 2020 | $424K | $516K | — | $4,021 | $418K | $382K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $355K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $52K from 9 charities:
- Polonia Centre (windsor) Inc.$25K
- Local 200 Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund$8,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,066
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,634
- Windsor Spitfires Foundation$5,000
- Conseil scolaire catholique Providence$391
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$263
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
- United Way / Centraide Windsor-Essex County—
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$124K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Brain (president); Sandra Grado (treasurer); Ida Sproule (secretary); David Halliwill (director); Devon Pastorius (director); Andjela Kovacevic Maggio (president); Bekim Merdita (president-elect); Cam Crowder (director); Jacqueline Bercian (treasurer); Amy Valente Sarkis (director); David Bellaire (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Windsor Essex CARE for Kids Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852957638RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.