Community Living ST. Catharines
Publicly funded institution · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 108010844RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,668,484) as filed with the CRA.
Community Living ST. Catharines 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 $17M in revenue and $16.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $177K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 132 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Community living st. Catharines (clsc) provides services and supports to individuals with physical mental or other disabilities so that they lead active and fulfilling lives while participating and being active members of their community while promoting their independence and active inclusion within their community through various means and avenues of services. Clsc is primarily funded by the ministry of community and social services as part of the developmental services sector for the province. Programs include supported independent living community participation supports residential group…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17M | $16.7M | $14.2M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $16.8M | $16.6M | $14.1M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $16.7M | $16.5M | $14.4M | — | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $17.8M | $17.5M | $16.2M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $15.4M | $15.3M | $14.1M | — | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $177K from 10 charities:
- The Fowler Family Foundation$129K
- United Way Niagara$45K
- Kiwanis Club of ST Catharines Charitable Trust$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$600
- United Way Niagara$541
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$418
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$120
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$119
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$20
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions132
- Total compensation, all staff$13.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melissa Abrams (director); Warren Burger (first vice president); Tony Collini (director); David Cooperman (treasurer); Rick Jones (presidnet); Emily Mete (director); Doug Kane (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Living ST. Catharines’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108010844RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.