Bethesda Community Services Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Thorold, Ontario · BN 106789951RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($38,283,891) as filed with the CRA.
Bethesda Community Services Inc. is a charitable organization based in Thorold, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $38.8M in revenue and $38.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $135K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 347 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $250K in 2024, the largest being $250K to Bethesda Home Foundation Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The charity provides support and operates programs for adults and children with developmental disabilities. Programs include assessment and programming services family home adult group homes respite lifeskills autism intervention program dual diagnosis justice case management network of specialized care.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $38.8M | $38.3M | $35.4M | — | $250K | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $36.5M | $36.1M | $32.4M | — | $553K | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $38.9M | $39.7M | $35.3M | — | $2M | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $37.6M | $36.9M | $34M | — | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $33.8M | $33.5M | $30.9M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $250K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $135K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions347
- Total compensation, all staff$36.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bill Jackson (president); Bill Janzen (director); Doug Peters (vice president); Kevin Steinstra (treasurer); Richard Wiebe (director); Cheryl Tyndall (secretary); Tom Wall (director); Beth Vanstaalduinen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bethesda Community Services Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106789951RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.