ST. Joseph Council No. 8715 Charitable Welfare Trust
Public foundation · Lancaster, Ontario · BN 894687789RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($19,099) as filed with the CRA.
ST. Joseph Council No. 8715 Charitable Welfare Trust is a public foundation based in Lancaster, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $37K in revenue and $19K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $8,840 in 2024, the largest being $2,100 to Mary's Meals Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $16K in 2020 to $37K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Fund raising activities including a lottery with proceeds to be shared by local charities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $37K | $19K | $1,800 | — | $8,840 | — |
| 2023 | $17K | $14K | — | — | $14K | — |
| 2022 | $16K | $18K | — | — | $13K | $4,998 |
| 2021 | $14K | $12K | — | — | $11K | $6,621 |
| 2020 | $16K | $18K | — | — | $16K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $8,840 to 13 qualified donees:
- Mary's Meals Canada$2,100
- ST-Joseph Parish$2,000
- The Stormont Dundas Glengarry/ahkwesahsne Childrens' Treatment Centre$1,600
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.$1,300
- Canadian Cancer Society$400
- Knights of Columbus Ontario Charity Foundation$345
- Rachel's Kids Development Fund$200
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada$200
- Carefor Health & Community Services$200
- Canadian Wheelchair Foundation$195
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada$100
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$100
- Alzheimer Society$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marc Burelle (trustee); Patrick Dussault (grand knight); Daniel Moise (trustee); Denis Poirier (secretary); Peter Van Sleeuwen (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. Joseph Council No. 8715 Charitable Welfare Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894687789RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.