Community Addiction Services of Niagara
Publicly funded institution · ST. Catharines, Ontario · BN 107773046RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,130,075) as filed with the CRA.
Community Addiction Services of Niagara is a charitable organization based in ST. Catharines, 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 $4.2M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $130K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 41 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Assessment referral and outpatient counselling for niagara region residents with substance abuse and gambling problems and their families
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $4.1M | $3.8M | — | — | $711K |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $3.8M | $3.5M | — | — | $690K |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $3.4M | $3.2M | — | — | $649K |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $3.4M | $3.1M | — | — | $629K |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $3M | — | — | $534K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $130K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions41
- Total compensation, all staff$3.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Edwin Leung (treasurer); Amy Fishleigh (vice chair); Janet Henderson (director); Katherine Maccabe (secretary); Julia Sebastian (chair); Jacquie Strecansky (director); Donna ST Hilaire (director); Desiree Homolka (director); Ben Bellrose (director); Jacob Thomas (director); Walter Sendzik (director); Kelly Romanin (director); Jordan Meffe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Addiction Services of Niagara’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107773046RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.