Blessings Community Store
Charitable organization · Zurich, Ontario · BN 898700554RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($330,690) as filed with the CRA.
Blessings Community Store is a charitable organization based in Zurich, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $347K in revenue and $331K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,595.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $75K in 2024, the largest being $8,250 to Huron County Food Bank Distribution Centre Inc. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Donations of clothing and goods are sorted priced and sold. Unsaleable itemsa re funneled to other orgaizations. Revenue receid is used for day to day operations and to purchase food for the food bank.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $347K | $331K | — | — | $118K | $233K |
| 2023 | $315K | $316K | — | — | $160K | $217K |
| 2022 | $243K | $224K | — | — | $72K | $261K |
| 2021 | $231K | $224K | — | — | $92K | $242K |
| 2020 | $278K | $308K | — | — | $141K | $198K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $75K to 16 qualified donees:
- Huron County Food Bank Distribution Centre Inc$8,250
- United Way of Perth-Huron$8,000
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$7,000
- Jessica's House Foundation$6,500
- Huron Hospice Volunteer Service$6,500
- Artemis Huron$6,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Huron$6,000
- Huron Safe Homes for Youth$5,000
- Victim Services Huron Perth$5,000
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$4,000
- Bluewater Area Family Health Team$3,000
- Blue Water Rest Home$3,000
- Homes For Hope El Salvador$3,000
- Victim Services Huron Perth$2,000
- World Vision Canada$1,176
- Christian Aid Ministries of Waterloo$1,000
Received $9,595 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$122K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dale Cressman (chairman); Helen Miller (secretary); Marilyn Cousins (director); Simon Smith (director); Harvey Beierling (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blessings Community Store’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898700554RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.