Independence Plus Housing Corporation
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 137122727RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($286,236) as filed with the CRA.
Independence Plus Housing Corporation is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, 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 $276K in revenue and $286K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
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 67% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Provides subsidized rental accommodation to persons with developmental disabilities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $276K | $286K | $261K | — | — | $371K |
| 2023 | $268K | $291K | $265K | — | — | $311K |
| 2022 | $263K | $278K | $225K | — | — | $335K |
| 2021 | $278K | $246K | $193K | — | — | $350K |
| 2020 | $276K | $284K | — | — | — | $318K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$36K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Wilson (board secretary); Melvin Parker (president); Bevans MacMaster (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Independence Plus Housing Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137122727RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.