Carsa Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 118840040RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($717,698) as filed with the CRA.
Carsa Incorporated is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $733K in revenue and $718K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government, 20% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To provide educaiton & prevention in relation to rape and sexual assault. - counselling: one to one and group group counselling - public education - hospital response: first response and crisis intervention - men's programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $733K | $718K | $616K | $1,949 | — | $366K |
| 2023 | $748K | $719K | $610K | — | — | $351K |
| 2022 | $664K | $637K | $532K | — | — | $322K |
| 2021 | $643K | $569K | $452K | — | — | $343K |
| 2020 | $682K | $628K | $489K | $11K | — | $221K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $78K from 7 charities:
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$55K
- Wise Guys Charity Fund$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,986
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,230
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$869
- Canadian Federation of University Women - ST. Catharines Charitable Fund$500
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$489
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$553K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Melinda Cheevers (director); Anne Marie Disanto (treasurer); Sheri Durksen (secretary); Carly Eckhardt (co chair).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Carsa Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118840040RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.