Grocer 4 Good Ability Development Program
Publicly funded institution · Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario · BN 779669134RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($497,825) as filed with the CRA.
Grocer 4 Good Ability Development Program is a charitable organization based in Sault Ste. Marie, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $680K in revenue and $498K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $107K in 2021 to $680K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To provide job skills training for and provide paid employment for persons with an autism spectrum disorder other intellectual disabilities and chronic underemployment. To provide support and encouragement to persons with autism spectrum disorder other intellectual disabilities and chronic underemployment by offering opportunities in individual development and relationship building. To provide opportunities for persons with autism spectrum disorder other intellectual disabilities and chronic underemployment to connect with the greater community to expand their employment and /or other edu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $680K | $498K | $333K | $98 | — | $33K |
| 2023 | $273K | $207K | $187K | $6,114 | — | -$40K |
| 2022 | $99K | $100K | $95K | — | $0 | -$37K |
| 2021 | $107K | $102K | $65K | — | — | $521 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$253K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julia Dufour (vice -chair); Ani Ramos-Pareja (secretary); Darcy Lillie (treasurer); Katie Campbell (director); Ella Lightstone (director); Devon Sanderson (director); Andrew Tripp (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grocer 4 Good Ability Development Program’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 779669134RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.