Spruce Lodge Home for the Aged
Publicly funded institution · Stratford, Ontario · BN 108001033RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,588,162) as filed with the CRA.
Spruce Lodge Home for the Aged is a charitable organization based in Stratford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $18M in revenue and $17.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,344.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 156 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18M | $17.6M | $16.3M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $16.7M | $17.2M | $16.1M | — | — | $989K |
| 2022 | $15.8M | $15.8M | $14.8M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $13.4M | $13.4M | $12.7M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $12.9M | $12.9M | $12.3M | — | — | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,344 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions156
- Total compensation, all staff$11.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Facey (secretary); Peter Bolland (administrator); Marg Luna (chair); Lesley Biehn (director); Geza Wordofa (director); Dave Lucas (director); Jerry Smith (director); Sue Orr (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Spruce Lodge Home for the Aged’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108001033RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.