Community Support Services of Niagara Region
Publicly funded institution · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 885273631RR0001 · Relief of the Aged · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,276,656) as filed with the CRA.
Community Support Services of Niagara Region is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under relief of the aged. 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 $3.3M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $86K.
Compared with 29 seniors' institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (12 positions in that band). The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Meals on wheels congregate dining volunteer transportation visiting and social safety service arrangements and coordination homemaking fall prevention and wellness supportive housing
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.3M | $2.6M | — | — | $322K |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.6M | — | — | $254K |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.4M | — | — | $269K |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.3M | — | — | $220K |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.3M | — | — | $102K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $86K from 11 charities:
- BenefAction Foundation$36K
- United Way Niagara$27K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$6,831
- The Ontario Paper Thorold Foundation$5,000
- Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation$4,906
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,554
- Link Charity Canada Inc$750
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$669
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$127
- United Way Niagara$125
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99912 positions
- $1–39,99913 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shannon McHugh (chair); Matt Cuthbert (vice chair); Jennifer Flus (treasurer); Jennifer Pennell-Ajie (director); Denise Barron (secretary); Ryan Porter (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Support Services of Niagara Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885273631RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.