CITY KIDZ MINISTRY
Charitable organizationSupport of religion·601 BURLINGTON ST E UNIT A · HAMILTON, ON · L8L 4J5·BN 894982479RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
82¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
18%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.8 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$2.6M
Charity Intelligence ★★★★ B+ · T2
— 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 City Kidz Ministry?
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Is City Kidz Ministry a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 894982479RR0001. 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 City Kidz Ministry located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 601 BURLINGTON ST E UNIT A, HAMILTON, ON, L8L 4J5. Source.
What does City Kidz Ministry do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "CityKidz exists to increase resiliency and inspire big dreams for Canadian children living in low-income communities by providing inspirational experiences and nurturing personal relationship one child at a time. Addressed by mission through child focused programs which impact over 1 200 children each week in…" Full program description.
How much of City Kidz Ministry's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 82¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is City Kidz Ministry?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $2.6M (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
CityKidz exists to increase resiliency and inspire big dreams for Canadian children living in low-income communities by providing inspirational experiences and nurturing personal relationship one child at a time. Addressed by mission through child focused programs which impact over 1 200 children each week in Hamilton Ontario alone. These programs include weekly home visits to every one of the children on the active roster and two additional fast paced values based programs - one for children aged 6-11 and the second for children aged 12-17. Additional projects which support our mission inc… Show more
CityKidz exists to increase resiliency and inspire big dreams for Canadian children living in low-income communities by providing inspirational experiences and nurturing personal relationship one child at a time. Addressed by mission through child focused programs which impact over 1 200 children each week in Hamilton Ontario alone. These programs include weekly home visits to every one of the children on the active roster and two additional fast paced values based programs - one for children aged 6-11 and the second for children aged 12-17. Additional projects which support our mission include activities such as CityKidz Connects CityKidz Cares Food and Nutrition CityKidz Online Summer to Remember CityYouth and Gift of Christmas.
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.
82¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 82¢ 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 82¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
18%
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
0.8 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)$2.6M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)46%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
1%
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
46%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
1%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
53%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 | $2.0M | 84¢ | 16% | 0.5 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $2.6M | 85¢ | 15% | 0.8 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $2.5M | 85¢ | 15% | 0.7 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $2.8M | 84¢ | 16% | 0.7 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $2.3M | 82¢ | 18% | 0.7 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $2.6M | 82¢ | 18% | 0.8 yr |
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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 ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Published ratings by Charity Intelligence Canada's analysts — a separate, human review. Shown as published, never blended into our computed figures.
Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★★★
Charity Intelligence's 0–5 star overall rating.
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceB+
How well the charity reports its own results (A+ to F).
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence—
Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
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Board of directors
19 directors reported · 19 of 19at arm's length
- Bender, Todd CExecutive Directorarm's length
- Carmichael, LauraAssociate Executive Directorarm's length
- Thomson, TrevorSecretary/Assistant to the EDarm's length
- O'Donnell, CatherineDirectorarm's length
- Bialachowski, RichardDirectorarm's length
- Filice, SeraDirectorarm's length
- Gillespie, LauraDirectorarm's length
- Marks, DavidChairarm's length
- Dehm, PhilipDirectorarm's length
- Liscombe, JenniferDirectorarm's length
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- Pasqua, SantoDirectorarm's length
- Minardi, DeniseDirectorarm's length
- Buesink, RachelDirectorarm's length
- MacRae, LouiseVice Chairarm's length
- Louis, NadenDirectorarm's length
- Sherren, WendyTreasurerarm's length
- Lunguana, Ngadi GDirectorarm's length
- Loukas, PeterDirectorarm's length
- Uhma, EtidoDirectorarm'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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