Saskatoon Friendship Inn
Charitable organization · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 119140937RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,026,984) as filed with the CRA.
Saskatoon Friendship Inn is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations, 7% from government. In 2024, 45 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $574K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Every day 365 days a year guests rely on the Friendship Inn to eat. We provide a Free Meal Service offering hot nutritious breakfasts and lunches for vulnerable people from Saskatoon’s core neighborhoods and beyond who may otherwise go hungry. As of September 2023 the Inn is serving up to 1500 meals per day. Breakfast is offered between 8:00 am and 9:00 am in our Dining Room and until 9:30 am through our Take-away line averaging 350 to 400 meals daily. Lunch is served between 11:30 am and 1:00 pm in our Dining Room and continues until 1:30 pm through our Take-away line averaging 700 t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2M | $1.6M | $30K | — | $5.5M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2M | $1.5M | $20K | — | $5M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $2,123 | — | $4.5M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $1.6M | $1.2M | $6,198 | — | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $13K | — | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $574K from 45 charities:
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$121K
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$68K
- The Murray and Audrey Neufeld Charitable Foundation Inc.$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$49K
- Canadahelps Canadon$49K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$40K
- Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry Corporation$32K
- Heather Ryan & L. David Dube Foundation Inc.$30K
- Aqueduct Foundation$25K
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$18K
- Abundance Canada$11K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$9,500
- University of Saskatchewan (employees Charitable Donations Plan)$9,361
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$9,000
- J.b.l. Charitable Foundation Inc.$6,000
- The Stephen and Michelene Worobetz Foundation$6,000
- The Congregation of the Sisters of ST. Elizabeth of the Third Order Regular of ST. Francis of Assisi$5,000
- Episcopal Corporation of Saskatoon$4,893
- Episcopal Corporation of Saskatoon$4,645
- The Rock Church Inc$3,464
- Wildwood Mennonite Church Incorporated$3,118
- BenefAction Foundation$2,498
- Mount Royal Mennonite Church$2,400
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,500
- People of Praise Saskatoon Inc.$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephanie Hughes (past chair); Jonathan Huntington (board member); Clinton Poitras (board member); Denis Sirois (treasurer); Sandra Kary (executive director); Sarah Wingerak (board member); Joelle Sparvier (board member); Ashala Jacobson (chair); Alex York (board member); Melanie Christianson (board member); Nadine Connoly (board member); Andrew Hodson (board member); Holly Kelleher (board member); Karen Lloyd (board member); Danielle Nichols (board member); Ashley Petite (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saskatoon Friendship Inn’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119140937RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.