Niagara Furniture Bank
Charitable organization · Niagara Falls, Ontario · BN 849188958RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2020-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,614,156) as filed with the CRA.
Niagara Furniture Bank is a charitable organization based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from donations, 14% from government. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $9.
Compared with 860 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Collect gently used furniture with a fee for service structure to collect from private homes. We deliver the furniture to families and individuals referred to us by agencies such as family ontario works ymca canadian mental health etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2020
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M | — | — | $29K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $9 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$373K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2020)
Jamie Berner (treasurer); Matthew Cuthbert (executive director); Rachel De Burgh-Thomas (assistant treasurer); Cassidy Fenton (chair); Sean Giverin (secretary); David Holt (assistant secretary).
As listed on its 2020 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Niagara Furniture Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849188958RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.