Distress Centre of Niagara Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Thorold, Ontario · BN 118885961RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($906,665) as filed with the CRA.
Distress Centre of Niagara Inc. is a charitable organization based in Thorold, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $929K in revenue and $907K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government, 13% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,649.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
A twenty-four hour distress line free confidential telephone service that uses trained volunteers to listen to callers concerns assist with problem solving provide information and referrals and to intervene in life threatening situations. Centre access phone line/services providing warm transfer referrals to mental health and addictions services throughout niagara. 988 crisis help line support
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $929K | $907K | $754K | $9,619 | — | $137K |
| 2023 | $826K | $818K | $672K | $3,614 | — | $115K |
| 2022 | $935K | $929K | $797K | $932 | — | $107K |
| 2021 | $793K | $748K | $626K | $2,827 | — | $105K |
| 2020 | $721K | $711K | $582K | $2,123 | — | $61K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,649 from 5 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$634K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Venessa Crumb (director); Hannah Hameaur (director); Sandy Howe (past president); Alison Lahn (director); Becky Macfadyen (president); Stacy Terry (executive director); Denise Waligora (director); Diduch Yaroslav (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Distress Centre of Niagara Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118885961RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.