Fontbonne Ministries
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 864084090RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,141,738) as filed with the CRA.
Fontbonne Ministries is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2023, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 1,062 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Responds practically to social needs by nurturing community with our neighbour through the following programs: 1. Providing community for adults and offer programs for social connection creativity wellness spiritual enrichment food access and to develop life skills. 2. Providing friendly home visits to isolated individuals in need of emotional spiritual and social support 3. Affordable housing for older single women.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.1M | $1.5M | $61K | $100 | $14.5M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $2.2M | $1.6M | $129K | — | $13.8M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $129K | $90K | $14.2M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $81K | $300 | $11.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 14 charities:
- F. K. Morrow Foundation$1.4M
- La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso$50K
- The Cathedral Church of ST. James$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Riverdale Share Community Association$5,000
- The Sisters of Social Service$5,000
- Mazon Canada$4,500
- Toronto East Rotary Club Foundation$4,210
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$760
- CHUM Charitable Foundation$500
- Toronto Foundation$500
- York Catholic District School Board$400
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$97
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Joan Breech (director); Georgette Gregory (director); Hume Martin (director); Patricia Stoddart (director); Annette Lacroix (director); John West (directory).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fontbonne Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864084090RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.