St. Andrew Soup Kitchen Inc.
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 857994099RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($838,181) as filed with the CRA.
St. Andrew Soup Kitchen Inc. is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $969K in revenue and $838K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from donations, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $177K.
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 52% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The organization operates a soup kitchen called the dew drop inn at 286 red river road in the city of thunder bay. We provide a dailt mid-day meal with assistance from volunteers. We endeavor to provide a safe welcoming environment where hungry people can come to eat with no questions asked and where they are treated with dignity and respect
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $969K | $838K | $744K | $18K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $866K | $734K | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $695K | $606K | — | — | — | $946K |
| 2021 | $642K | $457K | — | — | — | $855K |
| 2020 | $665K | $421K | — | — | — | $670K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $177K from 19 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- United Way of Thunder Bay$30K
- The P & P Murray Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- Thunder Bay Community Foundation$12K
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Thunder Bay$2,000
- The Robert Campeau Family Foundation$2,000
- BenefAction Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,706
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$855
- United Way of Greater Toronto$734
- Grace Evangelical Free Church of Thunder Bay$700
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$677
- Our Saviour's Lutheran Church of Thunder Bay$600
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$520
- Dayna Elizabeth Karle (DEK) Addiction Recovery Foundation$512
- Leo Council 1130 Charitable Foundation Inc Thunder Bay$500
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$453K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Lee Kam (president); Ann-Marie Heron (secretary); Jason Whatley (vice chair); Andre Nicol (director); Marnie Nott (chair); Bruce Victor Sutton (director); Sally Colquhoun (director); David Rosenberg (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from St. Andrew Soup Kitchen Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857994099RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.