Support House
Publicly funded institution · Oakville, Ontario · BN 103966529RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,771,770) as filed with the CRA.
Support House is a charitable organization based in Oakville, 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 $6.9M in revenue and $6.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $537K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band).
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Support house provides community based housing mental wellness programs and support services for people living with mental illness and/or addictions including youth-at-risk in the halton area. At support house our vision is to create a community where people with mental health and/or substance use issues are treated as unique individuals free from stigma and where housing services and supports are available whenever and wherever needed to help them achieve their full potential. To do this we take a values-driven approach to provide our community with: - person-directed supports that pu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.9M | $6.8M | $5.6M | — | — | $108K |
| 2023 | $6.8M | $6.4M | $970K | $412K | — | -$2,702 |
| 2022 | $5.9M | $5.9M | $4.5M | $40K | — | -$429K |
| 2021 | $5.8M | $5.5M | $4.5M | $54K | — | -$437K |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $4.8M | $4M | $6,614 | — | -$450K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $537K from 11 charities:
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$390K
- Canadahelps Canadon$49K
- Canadahelps Canadon$49K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$13K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$11K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$10K
- RCO Charitable Fund$5,000
- Toronto Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,000
- Oakville Community Foundation$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$169
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$3.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alfred Chuang (secretary); Michael Walters (director); Mark Lawrence (director); Paul Gregory (executive director); Terry Arges (director); Leah Wilson (director); Tracy Capstick (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Support House’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 103966529RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.