Supportive Initiative for Residents in the County of Haliburton (S I R C H )
Charitable organization · Haliburton, Ontario · BN 130588767RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,935,146) as filed with the CRA.
Supportive Initiative for Residents in the County of Haliburton (S I R C H ) is a charitable organization based in Haliburton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 27% from government. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $264K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 48 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
SIRCH identifies community needs and responds with innovative services programs and partnerships that support individuals families and communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | — | $476K |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $0 | $0 | $497K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $0 | $0 | $432K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $366K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $107K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $264K from 16 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$86K
- Canadahelps Canadon$86K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$42K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$11K
- United Way Haliburton Kawartha Lakes$5,000
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie$5,000
- The WB Family Foundation$5,000
- Lind Family Foundation$5,000
- Christian Community Concern Centre (4C'S Food Bank)$2,000
- Toronto Foundation$1,400
- ST. George's Church$1,000
- Lakeside Church - Haliburton$750
- London Community Foundation$312
- Highland Hills United Church$200
- Gooderham Pentecostal Church$155
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
- $1–39,99938 positions
- Permanent full-time positions48
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurie Brown (treasurer); Barbara Fawcett (president); Petra Hamann (vice president); Lynn McGillivray (secretary); John Hearld (director); Niki Kerr (director); Jordana Bain (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Supportive Initiative for Residents in the County of Haliburton (S I R C H )’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130588767RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.