Brooksong Retreat and Cancer Support Centre
Charitable organization · Haliburton, Ontario · BN 751116120RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($388,433) as filed with the CRA.
Brooksong Retreat and Cancer Support Centre is a charitable organization based in Haliburton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $545K in revenue and $388K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $215K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $143K in 2020 to $545K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Through creating healing spaces and community the Brooksong Retreat and Cancer Support Centre continued to provide whole-person care that is complementary to medical treatments for individuals with cancer and their loved ones. Located in the Haliburton Highlands on a property surrounded by forests and ponds the organization provided a variety of in-person retreats and online programs that o?er rest and renewal companionship and an introduction to evidence informed practices that help soothe strengthen and restore the body mind and soul in the midst of a cancer journey. Time in nature re…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $545K | $388K | $130K | $22K | — | $248K |
| 2023 | $562K | $378K | $209K | $54K | — | $324K |
| 2022 | $336K | $289K | $72K | $77K | — | $126K |
| 2021 | $237K | $149K | $104K | $9,062 | — | $133K |
| 2020 | $143K | $108K | $92K | $5,103 | — | $44K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $215K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$183K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thea Patterson (secretary); Jennifer Ramsdale (director); Shelley Van Nood (director); Max Ward (treasurer); Paul Handley (director); Lynda Shephard (chair); Georgiena Boyle (director); Michelle Adlam (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brooksong Retreat and Cancer Support Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 751116120RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.