Second Stage Housing Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 129716544RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($290,296) as filed with the CRA.
Second Stage Housing Inc. is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $415K in revenue and $290K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $90K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $169K in 2020 to $415K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Provision of interim housing for abused women and their children. Provision of counselling services to assist the women in overcoming their difficulties and becoming indepndent. Provision of children's activities during school holidays.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $415K | $290K | $287K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $498K | $327K | $330K | $0 | $0 | $955K |
| 2022 | $272K | $243K | $239K | — | — | $784K |
| 2021 | $274K | $158K | $156K | — | — | $756K |
| 2020 | $169K | $141K | $139K | — | — | $639K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $90K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$138K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julia Forgrave (executive director); Ann Hogan (president); Sri Kulthum (board member); Amy Pattman (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Second Stage Housing Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129716544RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.