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Thistleoaks Child Care Centre

Charitable organizationCommunity resource·206 - 5500 NORTH SERVICE RD · BURLINGTON, ON · L7L 6W6·BN 132389321RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

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Cents to cause T1

91¢

of each dollar spent, to programs

Operating overhead T1

9%

typical range 5–35%

Reserves T1

0.2 yr

of program spending, in cash and investments

Revenue T1

$1.6M

not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)

— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures

Common questions

How do I donate to Thistleoaks Child Care Centre?

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Is Thistleoaks Child Care Centre a registered charity?

Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 132389321RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.

Where is Thistleoaks Child Care Centre located?

Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 206 - 5500 NORTH SERVICE RD, BURLINGTON, ON, L7L 6W6. Source.

What does Thistleoaks Child Care Centre do?

In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Care and Education of preschool and kindergarten children ." Full program description.

How much of Thistleoaks Child Care Centre's spending goes to programs?T1

Per its F2024 T3010, 91¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.

How big is Thistleoaks Child Care Centre?T1

Its last-reported revenue was $1.6M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Care and Education of preschool and kindergarten children .

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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

91¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 91¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).

this charity 91¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

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 ↗ · what this means

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

0.2 yr

Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.

Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$1.6M

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

0%

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)

72%

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 ↗ · what this means

Where the money comes from

Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.

  • Receipted donationsT1

    0%

    T3010 4500 ÷ 4700

  • GovernmentT1

    72%

    T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700

  • Other revenueT1

    28%

    T3010 remainder ÷ 4700

Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

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Board of directors

18 directors reported · 18 of 18at arm's length

  • Lipton, CathyDirectorarm's length
  • Mays, GillianChairarm's length
  • Rauscher, KatieSecretaryarm's length
  • Watson, SheriDirectorarm's length
  • Murray, LindsayTreasurerarm's length
  • Paton, MeghanVice-Chairarm's length
  • Blakley, CathyDirectorarm's length
  • McEwan, Jennifermanaging directorarm's length
  • Da Ponte, LizDirectorarm's length
  • Kulyk, JenniferDirectorarm's length
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  • Valters, Timpresidentarm's length
  • Qian, Lillianvice presidentarm's length
  • Milosevic, AndreaMarketing and Communicationarm's length
  • Khimji, CindyHuman Resourcesarm's length
  • Kaur, PuneetaBoard Recruit and Developmentarm's length
  • Campbell, KarenExecutive Directorarm's length
  • Velasco Alonso, SofieSecretaryarm's length
  • Luthra, RajivDirector Financearm'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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Thistleoaks Child Care Centre — 91¢ of each $1 to programs