Participation Lodge - Grey Bruce
Publicly funded institution · Holland Centre, Ontario · BN 119086338RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,519,831) as filed with the CRA.
Participation Lodge - Grey Bruce is a charitable organization based in Holland Centre, 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 $6.5M in revenue and $6.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,008.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Residential assisted living services/supported housing community support services acquired brain injury residential housing fundraising and corporate development community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.5M | $6.5M | $4M | — | — | $477K |
| 2023 | $5.8M | $5.8M | $5.4M | — | — | $481K |
| 2022 | $5.5M | $5.5M | $4.9M | — | — | $476K |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $4.9M | $4.4M | $244 | — | $457K |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $4.5M | $4M | $4,443 | — | $428K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,008 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$5.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lance Lehman (director); Eric Robertson (president); Vicki Stephens (secretary); Christine Vallis-Page (vice president); Willard Vanderploeg (director); Martin Mazza (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Participation Lodge - Grey Bruce’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119086338RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.