Founded in 1985, George Hull Centre for Children and Families offers mental health services to families in Toronto and Etobicoke. Its mission is to “reduce suffering, provide hope, and enhance quality of life of infants, children, youth and families”. George Hull Centre (GHC) reports that 70% of adults with mental health issues started experiencing them before the age of 18. The charity also reports that 17% of Ontario children aged 2-5 years display behavioural symptoms of mental health problems. George Hull Centre offers mental health treatment and runs programs that aim to prevent illnesses from developing. 

GHC's Community Clinic assesses and treats children with behavioural, emotional, and developmental difficulties. It also works with the children’s families. In F2020, the clinic served 796 children and families in individual treatment and 499 in group treatment. A team from George Hull Centre's Day Treatment Program works in local schools. They provide students with a healthy learning environment where they can develop necessary social and communication skills. In F2020, 60 elementary and secondary students participated in the Day Treatment Program. 

For girls between the ages of 12 and 18 with complex mental health issues, George Hull Centre operates Libby’s Place, a residential treatment home. Housing up to six girls, the program aims to improve the relationship between these youth and their families. Girls typically stay there for 1-2 years. 

The Preschool Speech and Language Program helps kids with communication difficulties. It reached 1,104 children in F2020, assessing each child’s communication skills and creating individual treatment programs. George Hull Centre’s EarlyON program organizes learning activities for children where adults are encouraged to improve their parenting skills. 1,297 parents and 1,247 kids used the earlyON program in F2020. The Toronto Family Group Conferencing Program helps families develop a plan to improve the safety and wellbeing of their children when there are concerns identified by child welfare services. In F2020, it ran 51 conferences for the families of 88 children. 

Charity Intelligence has consolidated the audited financial statements from George Hull Centre for Children and Families and George Hull Centre Foundation. 

George Hull Centre received $1.4m in donations in F2020. The charity received $9.7m in government funding, representing 84% of total revenues. Administrative costs are 4% of revenues and fundraising costs are 15% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 19%. For every dollar donated, 81 cents go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. GHC's audited financial statements do not allocate costs by activities, namely spending on programs, administration and fundraising.  

George Hull Centre has $3.2m in funding reserves which could cover almost four months of program costs. 

George Hull Centre maintains a defined benefit pension plan for employees hired prior to September 6, 2010. In F2020, the plan held $14.2m in fair value assets while having an accrued benefit obligation of $17.4m. This means it has an unfunded pension obligation of $3.2m in F2020, compared to $2.7m in F2019. The pension plan was last audited in 2017, and will be re-audited in December 2020. The pension fund and its solvency are discussed further in Note 8 of the charity’s audited financial statements. 

This charity report is an update which has been sent to George Hull Centre for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.  

Updated on July 8, 2021 by Asha McMullin.