Spencer House Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Markham, Ontario · BN 107999161RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,000,384) as filed with the CRA.
Spencer House Inc. is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $17.8M in revenue and $17M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 199 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Resident care for seniors who require assistance in their daily living. Services provided are: nursing activities dietary social work physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Podiatry chiropractic dental hair-dressing and optical services are also provided.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17.8M | $17M | $15.7M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $16.4M | $16.3M | $15.3M | — | — | $773K |
| 2022 | $15.3M | $15.1M | $13.9M | — | — | $831K |
| 2021 | $14.6M | $14.4M | $13.5M | — | — | $581K |
| 2020 | $13.5M | $13.3M | $12.4M | — | — | $366K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions199
- Total compensation, all staff$7.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bill Adams (treasurer); Robert Appleton (director); Darja Morley (president); Karin Mustel (vice-president); Paul Spears (secretary); Lynne Withey (director); Cathy Clark (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Spencer House Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107999161RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.