Hestia House Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 107479966RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($757,581) as filed with the CRA.
Hestia House 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 $847K in revenue and $758K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $182K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $472K in 2020 to $847K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provides room and board counselling and referral services for women and their children who have been victims of domestic violence and abuse.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $847K | $758K | $758K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $826K | $806K | $806K | $0 | $0 | $975K |
| 2022 | $632K | $724K | $724K | — | — | $955K |
| 2021 | $783K | $552K | $552K | — | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $472K | $551K | $551K | — | — | $816K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $182K from 14 charities:
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.$50K
- Fondation RONA$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$12K
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,638
- The Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Rothesay$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$500
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- Kingston Peninsula Foursquare Gospel Church Inc$240
- Corporation of the Anglican Parish of Fundy and the Lakes$200
- Lancaster Baptist Church$100
- Canada Donates Inc.$46
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$584K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ellen Desmond (board member); Sarah Rouse (board member); Jill Shepherd (board member); Victoria Morrissey (board member); Elizabeth Stevenson (board member); Emily Creamer (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hestia House Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107479966RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.