Simple Dreams Ministries Ontario Inc.
Charitable organization · Stratford, Ontario · BN 816143713RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($95,974) as filed with the CRA.
Simple Dreams Ministries Ontario Inc. is a charitable organization based in Stratford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $83K in revenue and $96K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,290.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $750 in 2024, the largest being $750 to Bethel Pentecostal Church (Stratford). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $53K in 2020 to $83K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To relieve poverty by providing basic amenities including food clothing and shelter to the poor needy necessitous under privileged and to those indiviuals and families living in ontario having a low income and are in financial need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $83K | $96K | $87K | — | $750 | $80K |
| 2023 | $98K | $101K | $97K | — | — | $93K |
| 2022 | $56K | $54K | $51K | — | — | $96K |
| 2021 | $35K | $46K | $43K | — | $20 | $94K |
| 2020 | $53K | $50K | $47K | — | — | $105K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $750 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $8,290 from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$37K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Kneider (chairman); Ruth Kneider (secretary); Brian Wilson (treasurer); Harlan Ray Martin (director); Dan Patterson (board member); John Clifford (board member); Alexander Speck (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Simple Dreams Ministries Ontario Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816143713RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.