Mainstream Services
Publicly funded institution · Thorold, Ontario · BN 131664377RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,246,532) as filed with the CRA.
Mainstream Services is a charitable organization based in Thorold, 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 $4.3M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $48.
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 96% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 50 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.5M in 2020 to $4.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The supportive living programs purpose is to provide safe affordable housing to people with a developmental difference the necessary supports and services to live independently and as an active member of their community. You must have a developmental difference and be 18 years or older. The supported living programs purpose is to provide 24 hour support to people with a developmental difference. The goals of the program is to promote personal growth and independence in a safe nurturing environment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.3M | $4.2M | $4.2M | $0 | $0 | $256K |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $4.1M | — | — | — | $238K |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $3.9M | — | — | — | $216K |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3.8M | — | — | — | $218K |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | — | — | $212K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $48 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions50
- Total compensation, all staff$3.5M
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); David 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 Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131664377RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.