Out on the Shelf Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Guelph, Ontario · BN 816855159RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($64,407) as filed with the CRA.
Out on the Shelf Inc. is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $115K in revenue and $64K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government, 12% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $25K in 2020 to $115K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
During this fiscal period we continued our library operations our two Guelph Pride Festivals (February 2024 and June 2024) and our ongoing social programs including: virtual gaymes night in-person gaymes night and our monthly crafting night.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $115K | $64K | — | — | — | $84K |
| 2023 | $19K | $24K | $5,181 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $11K | $19K | $12K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $26K | $25K | $24K | — | — | $18K |
| 2020 | $25K | $14K | $11K | — | — | $19K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$34K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Taylor Gillies (guelph pride chair); Marian Swain (programming co-chair); Hilda Smith (finance co-chair); Kristian Barnes (finance co-chair); Blake McGowan (chair); Marijke Murray (library co-chair); Griffin Heaney (library co-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Out on the Shelf Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816855159RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.