Sault Ste. Marie and District Group Health Association
Publicly funded institution · Sault Ste Marie, Ontario · BN 104729819RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($30,121,862) as filed with the CRA.
Sault Ste. Marie and District Group Health Association is a charitable organization based in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 $27.5M in revenue and $30.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 206 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The group health association (gha) plays a critical role in supporting the delivery of healthcare services to the residents of sault ste. Marie and the algoma region. As a qualified donee gha recieves medical equipment funded by ghc trust fund to enhance patient care and improve healthcare outcomes within the community. Gha's ongoing activities focus on ensuring that healthcare providers have access to the tools and equipment necessary to deliver timely and effective care. Through this collaboration with the ghc trust fund and other healthcare partners gha works to strengthen the region's h…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27.5M | $30.1M | $29.2M | $212K | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $25.2M | $30.5M | $29.6M | $157K | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $29.2M | $28.6M | $25.8M | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $33M | $28.4M | $22.8M | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $29M | $28.2M | $22M | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $0 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions206
- Total compensation, all staff$22.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jonathan Dellavedova (director); Ed Hirvi (vice-chair); Brenda Stenta (director); Susan Vanagas-Cote (chair); Jodie Stewart (director); Aaron Evans (secretary-treasurer); Bill Thornton (director); Joe Reich (director); Liliana Silvano (president & ceo ghc); John Paul Paciocco (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sault Ste. Marie and District Group Health Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 104729819RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.