Parry Sound Friendship Centre
Publicly funded institution · Parry Sound, Ontario · BN 118967991RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,850,812) as filed with the CRA.
Parry Sound Friendship Centre is a charitable organization based in Parry Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $2.4M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,529.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1) health outreach (how) - focus of program is to organize and facilitate health promotion illness prevention and family violence workshops and seminars 2) courtworker - assist indigenous people experiencing criminal & family court matters. . Restorative justice (rj) - focuses on taking responsibility for actions healing and in addressing root causes of crime rather than using conventional court ordered punishment approaches. When possible the program engages clients in a heaing process. 3) akwe:go - (children 7 - 12) provides comprehensive set of activities for at risk urban indige…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $532K |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.4M | $2.4M | — | — | $419K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $383K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $279K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,529 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dora Tabobondung (vice president); Wayne Pamajewon (president); Roberta Judge-Clements (director); Patrick Brennan (treasurer); Cornelia Mews (director); Joyce Tabobondung (board elder); Debra Sayewich (director); Christopher Pitawanakwat (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parry Sound Friendship Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118967991RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.