Sault Ste. Marie Soup Kitchen Community Centre
Charitable organization · Sault Ste Marie, Ontario · BN 133119131RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($666,964) as filed with the CRA.
Sault Ste. Marie Soup Kitchen Community Centre is a charitable organization based in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $660K in revenue and $667K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 25% from government. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $265K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Soup kitchen - food bank drop-in community kitchen after-school children's programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $660K | $667K | $661K | $5,677 | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $677K | $535K | $525K | $9,989 | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $562K | $563K | $558K | $4,911 | — | $960K |
| 2021 | $503K | $404K | $399K | $5,169 | — | $961K |
| 2020 | $577K | $386K | $303K | $5,963 | — | $861K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $265K from 20 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$105K
- Canadahelps Canadon$105K
- Dr. Lou and Mae Lukenda Charitable Foundation$15K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario Canada$9,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,376
- Sault Ste. Marie Rotary Club Charitable Trust$5,000
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$4,000
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$4,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$2,471
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,747
- Destiny Christian Centre (Algoma)$1,200
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$650
- The Sisters of ST Joseph of Sault Ste Marie$500
- Central United Church$300
- Pinehill Church of Christ$300
- ST Andrew's United Church$300
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario Canada$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$64
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$379K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Bird (secretary); Cindy Gilmar (director); Rollande Powley (director); Scott McLeod (director); Angel Dawson (director); Debbie Burmaster (treasurer); Donna Veeder (vice-chair); Liz Daynard-ST Jean (director); Patti Gibson (director); Shelly Nelson (director); Micaela Olejnik (chair); Mary-Ann Rosso (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sault Ste. Marie Soup Kitchen Community Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133119131RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.