THE TORONTO STAR CHILDREN'S CHARITIES
Public foundationFoundations·8 SPADINA AVE · TORONTO, ON · M5V 0S8·BN 119267425RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
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 … Show more
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 Claus Fund provides 50 000 gift boxes to financially vulnerable children across the GTA containing warm clothes books toys cookies and a toothbrush and toothpaste. Boxes for newborns have parenting essentials like diaper cream and wipes. Working with over 100 social service agencies and a team of hundreds of volunteers the gift boxes are delivered during the holiday season.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)26%
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)9%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)2.3 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$2.7M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)87%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $3.2M | — | — | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $2.6M | — | — | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $3.5M | 100¢ | — | 3.5 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $2.6M | 100¢ | — | 3 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $2.7M | 92¢ | 8% | 2.5 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $2.7M | 91¢ | 9% | 2.3 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence—
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Demonstrated impact
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Board of directors
5 directors reported · 1 of 5at arm's length
- Bitove, JordanChair Trustee (Officer)not at arm's length
- Oliver, NeilVice-Chair Trustee (Officer)not at arm's length
- Carver, EmmaSecretary (Officer)not at arm's length
- Gill, JasmineTrusteearm's length
- Krycia, JohnTreasurer Trustee (Officer)not at arm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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