Second Chance Ministry
Charitable organization · Tecumseh, Ontario · BN 835113465RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($457,896) as filed with the CRA.
Second Chance Ministry is a charitable organization based in Tecumseh, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $475K in revenue and $458K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $217K.
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 72% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $251K in 2020 to $475K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Community outreach programs including providing food and bus vouchers to those in need and providing funding to people who cannot pay their bills.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $475K | $458K | $436K | $22K | — | $273K |
| 2023 | $306K | $327K | $309K | $18K | — | $256K |
| 2022 | $287K | $299K | $274K | $25K | — | $276K |
| 2021 | $268K | $247K | $223K | $14K | — | $289K |
| 2020 | $251K | $130K | — | — | — | $268K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $217K from 20 charities:
- The Gatfield Family Foundation$45K
- Solcz Family Foundation$42K
- The Toldo Foundation$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Polonia Centre (windsor) Inc.$15K
- Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board$9,000
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$8,000
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- Francis-Keystone Foundation$3,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,295
- Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario$2,000
- Inspiration 9 Church$1,800
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$972
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$808
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$600
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$560
- Rosati Family Foundation$500
- United Way / Centraide Windsor-Essex County—
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doug Byrne (chairman); James Byrne (secretary); Joseph Byrne (director); Rosalie Hebert (treasurer); Kreg Lewenza (director); Ken Parent (director); Gregory Riccardi (director); Michael Rovers (president); Heather Shanahan (director); John Shiha (director); Jim Houlahan (director); Anna Mihovcic (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Second Chance Ministry’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835113465RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.