Chalmers Community Services Centre of the United Church of Canada
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 858517725RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($666,153) as filed with the CRA.
Chalmers Community Services Centre of the United Church of Canada is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $675K in revenue and $666K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $333K.
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 33% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $437K in 2020 to $675K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To provide food clothing and other support services to enable participants to become more self-reliant and socially connected
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $675K | $666K | $532K | $15K | — | $789K |
| 2023 | $421K | $437K | $280K | $16K | — | $780K |
| 2022 | $420K | $421K | $280K | $19K | — | $796K |
| 2021 | $460K | $395K | $292K | $6,245 | — | $798K |
| 2020 | $437K | $340K | $231K | $6,534 | — | $767K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $333K from 19 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$105K
- Canadahelps Canadon$105K
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$32K
- United Way Community Services of Guelph and Wellington$28K
- Trinity United Church$16K
- The Guelph Community Foundation$11K
- The Colwyn and Jean Rich Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,896
- BenefAction Foundation$3,900
- Kortright Presbyterian Church$2,400
- Harcourt Memorial United Church$2,200
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$2,000
- The United Church of Canada$1,876
- Water Street Christian Reformed Church of Guelph$1,100
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$893
- Milestone Church$500
- House of Worship and Prayer Christian Centre - Where the River Runs$400
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$245
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$146K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Benham (director); Rhondda Lymburner (director); Irene Marson (secretary-treasurer); Gaylyn McLean (director); Lucy Mutharia (director); Nancy Ormos (director); David Parr (director); Bruce Ryan (vice chair); Janet Wood (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chalmers Community Services Centre of the United Church of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858517725RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.