First Steps Housing Project Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 867772519RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,171,334) as filed with the CRA.
First Steps Housing Project Inc. is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 62% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $222K.
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 82% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $764K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
First steps continues to provide accomodations and care for single mothers and their babies. The charity also provided training in life skills for parenting teenagers and promoted a health pregnancy. They provided family counselling as well as proper nutrition how to budget finances shop meal planning. The charity also provided school to allow completion of high school diplomas and daycare facilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $307K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $245K |
| 2022 | $790K | $935K | $911K | $4,359 | — | $111K |
| 2021 | $777K | $828K | $804K | $7,085 | — | $253K |
| 2020 | $764K | $872K | — | $8,930 | — | $304K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $222K from 13 charities:
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.$105K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$52K
- Mayflower Sharps' of Sussex New Start Foundation Inc.$25K
- The Medavie Foundation Inc.$10K
- The Greater Saint John Community Foundation la Fondation Communautaire de Grand Saint John$8,857
- The Sir James Dunn Centennial Trust Inc$7,500
- BenefAction Foundation$3,500
- Mazon Canada$3,100
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,969
- U C T Chapel Grove Youth Centre Inc$1,942
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,054
- Kiwanis Charities of Saint John$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$216
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$856K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Krisanne Bishop (director); Maria Conway (director); Mallory Curwin (executive director); Joanna Everett (director); Brian Ferris (vice president); Ross Galbraith (director); Natalie Graves (director); Mary Ann Ketchum (president); Jennifer Perkins (director); Natalie Urquhart (treasurer); Dayna Lutes (director); Sydney Logan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Steps Housing Project Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867772519RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.