Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 890379340RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,125,433) as filed with the CRA.
Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations, 7% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 40 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $657K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Drop in centre; -provide meals counseling services clothes etc to the needy; -provide religious services; -provide health related services and education to street people; and -help the public gain awareness and understanding of inner city needs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.1M | $2.1M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.4M | $2.2M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.3M | $2.3M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $3.1M | $2.6M | $2.6M | — | — | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $657K from 40 charities:
- Toronto Foundation$76K
- Canadahelps Canadon$53K
- Canadahelps Canadon$53K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$41K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$40K
- Canada Gives$40K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$35K
- The Scott Griffin Foundation$35K
- The Sonor Foundation$30K
- Sef Foundation$25K
- Weston Family Foundation$20K
- Smith Family Foundation$20K
- Lynwood Family Foundation$15K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$15K
- BenefAction Foundation$15K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$13K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$13K
- Oakville Community Foundation$12K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$10K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$10K
- The Hustler Young Men's Bible Class Foundation$10K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$10K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$10K
- FCR Thriving Neighbourhoods Foundation$10K
- The Quinn Family Future Foundation$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janice Rothenburger (director); Viva Zhou (director); Sylvia Keesmaat (director); Brittany Hudson (director); Lynne Westerhof (director); Frank Hull (director); Marnie Smith (director); Alison Marthinsen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890379340RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.