Elizabeth Fry Society of Simcoe County
Publicly funded institution · Barrie, Ontario · BN 135997849RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,102,058) as filed with the CRA.
Elizabeth Fry Society of Simcoe County is a charitable organization based in Barrie, 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 $3.3M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $220K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Supportadvocate for and empower individuals at risk 1. Provide shelter 2. Operate halfway house 3. Conduct anti theft programs 4. Execute anger management programs 5. Conduct substance abuse programs 6. Provide court support 7. Facilitate jail visitations 8. Provide pverty related support 9. Run youth program 10. Woment offenders substance programs 11. Youth trustee program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $858K | $3,683 | — | $960K |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $3.9M | $3.7M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $131K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $220K from 16 charities:
- United Way Simcoe Muskoka$187K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,682
- Barrie Community Foundation$6,465
- Legacy For Alex Kerswell$6,000
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$3,361
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$2,244
- The Albarrie Foundation$2,000
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- North-West Barrie United Church$1,295
- The Tonglen Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$659
- Grace United Church$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$486
- Westside Evangelical Lutheran Church$250
- Orillia Star of Hope Spiritualist Church$150
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$80
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 positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christina Garisto (chair); Linda Reid (member at large); Denise Resnick (vice chair); Kelly Redmond (member at large); Amanda Chapman (member at large); Latoya Robinson (member at large); Charmaine Nolan (member at large); Meghan Chambers (executor director ex officio); Ayodele Akenroye (member at large); Vicki Smith (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elizabeth Fry Society of Simcoe County’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135997849RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.