Fresh Start Support Services
Charitable organization · ST Thomas, Ontario · BN 107884074RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($413,335) as filed with the CRA.
Fresh Start Support Services is a charitable organization based in ST Thomas, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $536K in revenue and $413K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 39 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $212K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Fresh start maternity supports provide a safe environment and support to pregnant and parenting women facing challenges related and parenting and life skills. Women recovering from addictions mild mental health challenges abuse and homelessness may also benefit from the support structure and security that fresh start has to offer.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $536K | $413K | $330K | $11K | — | $712K |
| 2023 | $601K | $534K | $443K | $12K | — | $590K |
| 2022 | $663K | $490K | $370K | $12K | — | $523K |
| 2021 | $395K | $258K | $127K | $3,146 | — | $353K |
| 2020 | $418K | $371K | $250K | $5,836 | — | $216K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $212K from 39 charities:
- United Way Simcoe Muskoka$107K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Free Reformed Church of ST. Thomas$7,320
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$5,000
- Abundance Canada$4,900
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$3,837
- Covenant Christian Church of Wyoming$3,655
- Cornerstone United Reformed Church$3,033
- Bethel United Reformed Church of Woodstock$2,595
- Byron United Church$2,300
- Straffordville Evangelical Mennonite Church$2,181
- Fellowship Christian Reformed Church of ST. Thomas$1,721
- Christian Reformed Church of Aylmer$1,537
- Hope Community Christian Reformed Church$1,510
- Tillsonburg Christian Reformed Church$1,468
- The Junction Christian Reformed Church of ST. Thomas$1,359
- Elgin-ST. Thomas Community Foundation$1,300
- Springfield Baptist Church$1,200
- ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church$1,040
- ST. Paul's United Church$1,000
- Living Hope Community Church$1,000
- Don and Hazel Williams Foundation$1,000
- Aylmer Evangelical Missionary Church$950
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$296K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shellie Addley (secretary); Megan Vandyk (director); Anne Marie Krahn (director); Janet Neef (director); Stuart De Vries (treasurer); Susan Somers (vice-president); Regis Trudel (director); Jen Pennings (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fresh Start Support Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107884074RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.