ST. Joseph's CARE Group
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 108025982RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($240,061,000) as filed with the CRA.
ST. Joseph's CARE Group is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $244.6M in revenue and $240.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.2M.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 1,876 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
We provide: -seniors housing -health care services in nursing homes -public hospitals
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $244.6M | $240.1M | $228.6M | — | — | $64.8M |
| 2023 | $220.7M | $220.9M | $210.4M | — | — | $57.5M |
| 2022 | $203.6M | $200.5M | $191M | — | — | $56M |
| 2021 | $196.7M | $191.6M | $181.7M | — | — | $50.1M |
| 2020 | $186.4M | $185.1M | $175.6M | — | — | $40.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.2M from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over8 positions
- $300,000–349,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,876
- Total compensation, all staff$182M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Susan Fraser (chair); Jennifer Lawrence (vice chair); Fred Colli (past chair); Roberta Simpson (treasurer); Kelli O'Brien (president/ceo/secretary); Peter De Bakker (chief of staff); Shelley McAllister (chief nursing executive); Walid Swhahrour (president of professional staf); Barbara Jarvela (rep sisters of st joseph); Paula Bouchard (chso designate); Frank Zanatta (rep of st joseph foundation); Naomi Abotossaway (member); Charles Fox (member); Clare Milks (member); Garth Postaris (member); Ehara Pottinger (member); Don Caron (honourary member); Guy O'Brien (honourary member); Dick O'Donnell (honourary member).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. Joseph's CARE Group’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108025982RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.