Stratford House of Blessing
Charitable organization · Stratford, Ontario · BN 119200020RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
Stratford House of Blessing is a charitable organization based in Stratford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $885K in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations, 6% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $441K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To supply food to the less fortunate in stratford and surrounding area. Provides resources for new mothers and children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $885K | — | — | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $996K | — | — | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $728K | $594K | $529K | $4,403 | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $713K | $568K | $501K | $4,403 | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $720K | $492K | $433K | $4,383 | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $441K from 27 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$136K
- Canadahelps Canadon$136K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$56K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$38K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$16K
- Maple View Mennonite Church$11K
- Jubilee Christian Fellowship of Stratford Inc.$8,240
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,258
- Millbank-Hampstead Pastoral Charge$4,974
- Faith Mennonite Church$4,875
- Memorial Baptist Church of Stratford$4,329
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church$3,550
- Stratford and Perth County Community Foundation$3,000
- Elgin Missionary Church$2,471
- Bethel Pentecostal Church (Stratford)$2,400
- Abundance Canada$2,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- Life Church$1,167
- Knox Presbyterian Church$1,000
- Crosshill Mennonite Church$850
- Kilroy Council No. 1431 Charitable Welfare Trust$800
- CityGate Church Stratford$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$491
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$263
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (philipsburg) Incorporated$190
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$477K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Raymer (chair); Christianne Bannerman (secretary); Katherine Gummerson (treasurer); Megan Lennox (director); Andrew Shelley (vice chair); Eva Hayes (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Stratford House of Blessing’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119200020RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.