Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107910259RR0173 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($283,871) as filed with the CRA.
Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $257K in revenue and $284K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 24% from government, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $500.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $9,035 to Spiritans the Congregation of the Holy Ghost. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The parish is dedicated to fostering spiritual growth through the advancement of roman catholic religious worship instruction and ministry to both parishioners and the community at large. In this respect the parish: holds worship services provides catechesis and sacramental preparation provides pastoral care to the sick dying and those in grief counsels individuals and families in crisis and assists the needy and homeless in its neighbourhood by providing pastoral care food vouchers and clothing.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $257K | $284K | $243K | $14K | $16K | — |
| 2023 | $160K | $177K | $131K | $2,552 | $36K | — |
| 2022 | $192K | $120K | $95K | — | $13K | — |
| 2021 | $248K | $132K | $96K | $250 | $22K | — |
| 2020 | $193K | $166K | $134K | $2,776 | $18K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $500 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$68K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dexter Alpha Brereton (pastor); Beverley Richards (finance committee member); Janice Bain (finance committee member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107910259RR0173), or read how we compute the receipt.