Brain Injury Community Re-Entry (niagara) Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Thorold, Ontario · BN 133889378RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,271,069) as filed with the CRA.
Brain Injury Community Re-Entry (niagara) Inc. is a charitable organization based in Thorold, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core 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 $7.5M in revenue and $7.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,458.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 86 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Brain Injury Community Re-Entry (Niagara) Inc. provides community based rehabilitation services to persons living with the affects of an acquired brain injury. Services include supportive housing friendly visiting personal care life skills training social work and psychology. The supportive housing program provides 24 hour support in a congregate setting as well as on an individual basis in apartment clusters in some regional centers. Community Outreach Support Services provides opportunities to learn/refine skills necessary to retain and maintain active community functioning.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.5M | $7.3M | $5.8M | $14K | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $7.1M | $6.9M | $5.6M | $16K | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $6.9M | $6.8M | $5.5M | $3,926 | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $6.8M | $6.7M | $5.4M | $2,142 | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $6.7M | $6.5M | $5.2M | $23K | $0 | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,458 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions86
- Total compensation, all staff$6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nick Ostryhon (past president); Patricia Pailing (director); Christine Reeves (secretary); Douglas Kane (president); Pat McNabb (director); Luc Savoie (treasurer); David Shapiro (director); Sharon Cochrane (director); Jackie Lynch (director); Wayne Degaust (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brain Injury Community Re-Entry (niagara) Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133889378RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.