Gentle Path Counselling Services LTD.
Charitable organization · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 853777175RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($502,570) as filed with the CRA.
Gentle Path Counselling Services LTD. is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $488K in revenue and $503K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 43% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $62K.
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 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to L'Arche Saint John Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Our mandate continued to provide residents of Saint John and southern NB with professional counseling and support groups in keeping with our mission to 'create a place where all are welcome regardless of financial means.' Our Counselors provided hundreds of hours on fully subsidized and partly subsidized one on one counseling sessions for low income families children and adults. A long standing weekly Codependency support group continued throughout the year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $488K | $503K | $277K | $7,459 | $100 | — |
| 2023 | $431K | — | $250K | $7,129 | — | $5,631 |
| 2022 | $471K | $490K | $277K | $3,003 | $30K | $35K |
| 2021 | $455K | $405K | $224K | $1,340 | — | $65K |
| 2020 | $403K | $9,057 | — | — | $10K | $4,898 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $62K from 12 charities:
- The Greater Saint John Community Foundation la Fondation Communautaire de Grand Saint John$20K
- The Sir James Dunn Foundation Inc.$10K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$6,880
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,261
- The Sir James Dunn Centennial Trust Inc$5,000
- Faye and David Huestis Family Foundation Inc.$5,000
- The Windsor Foundation$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,591
- Kiwanis Charities of Saint John$510
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$481
- Canada Donates Inc.$115
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$93
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$198K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christopher McMullen (president); Francine Grift (director); Rendell Smith (director); Trish Hamilton (executive director); Eugene McKenelley (treasurer); Deanna Morrison (secretary); Angela Hugenholtz; Jessica Holly.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gentle Path Counselling Services LTD.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853777175RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.