L'Arche (stratford)
Publicly funded institution · Stratford, Ontario · BN 119006914RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,055,468) as filed with the CRA.
L'Arche (stratford) is a charitable organization based in Stratford, 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 $3.7M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $43K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Group supports - operates several group homes in which developmentally challenged adults live and grow together. Supported independent living - provides apartments in which developmentally challenged adults can be helped to live independently
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $4.1M | $4M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $3.1M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $3.2M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $43K from 8 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- F. K. Morrow Foundation$10K
- Stratford and Perth County Community Foundation$8,500
- The Rotary Club of Festival City Stratford Foundation$5,000
- Abundance Canada$3,000
- Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario$100
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$2.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephanie Calma (executive director); Christopher Cantlon (director); Elaine Clark-Siberry (director - president); Martin Kern (director - treasurer); Beth Lynes (director); Hugh Macdonald (past president); Dianne McCabe (director - secretary); Marlin Nagtegaal (director); Tony Read (director); Greg Young (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from L'Arche (stratford)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119006914RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.