Oak Centre: Alternative Community Support
Publicly funded institution · Welland, Ontario · BN 135391969RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($664,453) as filed with the CRA.
Oak Centre: Alternative Community Support is a charitable organization based in Welland, 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 $693K in revenue and $664K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
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 44% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Oak centre is a psychosocial rehabilitation program where members discover and utilize their skills and talents in a natural and normalizing setting which enhances self-esteem builds confidence and instills hope. The main activity of oak centre is running the clubhouse program and supporting its members to reintegrate into the community through educational employment and housing support. Other support is also offered regarding such things as finances social issues housing etc. Partnering with consumer/survivor group to develop alternate business opportunities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $693K | $664K | $561K | — | — | $264K |
| 2023 | $713K | $692K | $587K | — | — | $87K |
| 2022 | $712K | $714K | $576K | $5,624 | — | $65K |
| 2021 | $781K | $767K | $676K | — | — | $64K |
| 2020 | $670K | $660K | $564K | $2,587 | — | $209K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 2 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$495K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Bernard (treasurer); Sandi Day (director); Adrienne De Jong (director); Katherine Gottli (secretary); Dianne May Marie Grenier (director); Joanna Slow (vice president); Blake Smith (director); Stacy Terry (president); Deanne Tyler (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oak Centre: Alternative Community Support’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135391969RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.