Support and Hope for Individuals and Families Today
Publicly funded institution · Alliston, Ontario · BN 784483737RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($306,079) as filed with the CRA.
Support and Hope for Individuals and Families Today is a charitable organization based in Alliston, 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 $292K in revenue and $306K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 87% from government, 41% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $232K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1. Outreach program: this program provides supplies food counselling and referral to other agencies as needed to vulnerable individuals and families in new tecumseth & surrounding areas. 2. Emergency overnight shelter program (nov-apr) - offers overnight shelter to individuals and couples experiencing homelessness with no housing alternatives. As a short-term housing-focused shelter the program is intended to bridge the gap between entering homelessness and moving int safe and sustainable housing. 3. Community dinner program - the community dinner program is run daily during the regul…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $292K | $306K | $297K | — | — | $445K |
| 2023 | $890K | $778K | $729K | $25K | — | $354K |
| 2022 | $417K | $425K | $376K | $25K | — | $242K |
| 2021 | $541K | $291K | $210K | $22K | — | $250K |
| 2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $232K from 18 charities:
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$121K
- The Leonard & Betty Jeffery Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- The Pindoff Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$10K
- Knox Presbyterian Church$4,250
- The Tonglen Foundation$4,000
- Parish of the Church of the Evangelist New Tecumseth$2,500
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$2,000
- The Alliston Christian Fellowship$1,750
- Tottenham United Church$1,466
- The Simcoe Free Church$500
- Christ Church - ST Jude's$430
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$219
- ST James United Church$200
- Bradford Trinity Church$120
- Socks 4 Souls Canada Inc.$98
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$255K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Mackenzie (co-chair of the board); Jenna Dollin (secretary); Caroline Ruffolo (treasurer); Maggie Macmurthy (director); Ken Marsh (co-chair of the board).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Support and Hope for Individuals and Families Today’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 784483737RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.