Sault Area Hospitals Foundation
Public foundation · Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario · BN 119095065RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,845,545) as filed with the CRA.
Sault Area Hospitals Foundation is a public foundation based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $7.6M in revenue and $5.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $418K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2.8M in 2024, the largest being $2.8M to Sault Area Hospital. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.7M in 2020 to $7.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The foundation received and maintained funds and applied from time to time all or in part thereof and the income therefrom for charitable purposes carried on by in conjunction with in relation to for the benefit of or to enhance or improve the services provided by or the facilities of the sault area hospital in sault ste. Marie ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.6M | $5.8M | $831K | $2.1M | $2.8M | $12.4M |
| 2023 | $9M | $6.6M | $795K | $2.5M | $3.2M | $10.6M |
| 2022 | $8.6M | $9.5M | $799K | $3.1M | $5.3M | $8.2M |
| 2021 | $8.4M | $5.3M | $643K | $3.1M | $1.5M | $9.2M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $3.3M | $641K | $707K | $1.5M | $6.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.8M to 1 qualified donee:
- Sault Area Hospital$2.8M
Received $418K from 18 charities:
- Dr. Lou and Mae Lukenda Charitable Foundation$270K
- Sault Ste. Marie Rotary Club Charitable Trust$44K
- Waterloo Regional Health Network Foundation$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Ledcor Charitable Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$8,010
- The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies' Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation$5,900
- Alice and Murray Maitland Foundation$5,000
- Starlight Children's Foundation Canada$4,326
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,611
- Trust Under Will of Ja McPhail$2,710
- SSM Professional Firefighters Local Assistance Group$2,500
- The W. P. Scott Charitable Foundation$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$190
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$20
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$752K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurie Burrows (treasurer); Ashlee Gerard (secretary); Bill Kerr (director); Teresa Martone (ex-officio); Anthony Pucci (chair); Amy Reich (director); Paul Skeggs (vice-chair); Laura Stone (director); Ila Watson (director); Gary Trembinski (director); Derek Jackson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sault Area Hospitals Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119095065RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.