ST. Stephen's Community House
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119201960RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2020-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,394,292) as filed with the CRA.
ST. Stephen's Community House is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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, 2020, it reported $20.9M in revenue and $20.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $76K.
Compared with 316 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 185 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
St. Stephen's community house is a multi-service social agency that has been serving the needs of west downtown toronto since 1962. Our mission at ssch is to work with individuals & communities to identify prevent and alleviate social & economic problems by creating and providing a range of effective and innovative programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2020
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $20.9M | $20.4M | $18.9M | $86K | — | $7.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $76K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions185
- Total compensation, all staff$14.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2020)
Sarah Doyle (director); Sarah Hurrle (director); Catherine Hennessey (president); Alphonse Barikage (director); Frank Pagliarello (treasurer); Amana Manori (director); Serkan Eskinazi (director); Peter Singh Khela (director); Katherine Chau (director); Sonia Yung (vice-president); Rebecca Stulberg (director); Vinny Bhathal (director); Jennifer Hartviksen (director); Josh Kleiman (director); Shannon McCawley (director).
As listed on its 2020 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. Stephen's Community House’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119201960RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.