Mainstream : an Unsheltered Workshop
Publicly funded institution · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 119028298RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,157,443) as filed with the CRA.
Mainstream : an Unsheltered Workshop is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $36K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% 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 declined over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The resource centre programs primary objective as a service provider are: to use a person-centred planning process to assist each person to identify their goals and develop a plan of action to meet them. To offer a variety of learning and training opportunities to allow people to work on individual goals. To facilitate the development of natural support networks and assist people in acquiring the necessary skills to lead independent and fulfilling lives in their community. To be eligible for this program you must have a developmental difference and be 18 years of age. The passport programs pri…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $0 | $0 | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1M | $958K | — | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1M | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $982K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $25K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $36K from 1 charity:
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$189K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Margaret Beaupre (executive director); Dennis Cheredar (president); Jeff Kelly (treasurer); Daivd Coplen (secretary); Deane Cornish (director); Gary Enskat (director); Lynne Blake (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mainstream : an Unsheltered Workshop’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119028298RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.