Cheshire Supports to Independent Living Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Belleville, Ontario · BN 870278249RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,388,675) as filed with the CRA.
Cheshire Supports to Independent Living Inc. is a charitable organization based in Belleville, 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 $3.4M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $48.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 37 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The organization provides independent supportive housing for people with physical disabilities at 246 john street. The organization also provides outreach support to people with physical disabilities living independently in the greater community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $3.4M | $2.9M | — | — | $490K |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.3M | — | $2.8M | — | $461K |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.2M | — | $2.7M | — | $466K |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.7M | — | — | $450K |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.1M | — | — | $451K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $48 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions37
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geoffrey Quirt (chair); Julia Swedak (secretary); Val Myles Gill (vice chair); Pat Dobb (director); Michelle Murray (director); Madison Fugard (director); Rodney Meyers (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cheshire Supports to Independent Living Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870278249RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.