Community Resource Centre of North and Centre Wellington
Publicly funded institution · Fergus, Ontario · BN 106903388RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,237,046) as filed with the CRA.
Community Resource Centre of North and Centre Wellington is a charitable organization based in Fergus, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $121K.
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 23% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Parent and child enrichment programs transportation co-ordination for seniors community outreach programs including affordable housing homelessness initiative services to disabled individuals etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2.7M | — | — | $552K |
| 2023 | $3M | $3.1M | $2.5M | — | — | $458K |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $2.6M | $2.1M | — | — | $515K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.7M | — | — | $669K |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2M | $1.6M | — | — | $632K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $121K from 9 charities:
- United Way Community Services of Guelph and Wellington$59K
- Centre Wellington Food Bank$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$10K
- Centre Wellington Community Foundation$9,500
- Blessings to You Free Center$5,000
- The Guelph Community Foundation$5,000
- Metz Pastoral Charge$800
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$120
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michelle Goldsworthy (president); Joel Vanofwegen (treasurer); Kirk Bradley (director); Katrina Burch (director); Jessica Harrison (secretary); Charles Jenks (director); Courtney O'Neil (vice-president); Lisa Bloor (director); Carol Froom (director); Kim Landoni (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Resource Centre of North and Centre Wellington’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106903388RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.