The Friends...supporting Those With Long Term Health CARE Needs
Publicly funded institution · Parry Sound, Ontario · BN 119086213RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,122,843) as filed with the CRA.
The Friends...supporting Those With Long Term Health CARE Needs is a charitable organization based in Parry Sound, 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 $5.2M in revenue and $6.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,244.
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 37% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Caregiver and respite programs (alzheimer overnight; caregiver respite; respite apartment; adult day away; caregiver support family directed caregiver support) 2. Quality of life programs (accessible housing; attendant services; 24 hour assisted living; outreach; seniors homemaking) 3. Transition programs (home at last; priority assistance to transition home; post stroke)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.2M | $6.1M | $5.3M | $75 | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $6.9M | $5.8M | $5.1M | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $5.2M | $5.5M | $4.7M | $119 | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $5.7M | $4.8M | $4.2M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $4.9M | $4.4M | $44 | — | $756K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,244 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,244
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$4.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Smith (director/treasurer); James Robert Bruce Cassie (director); Sarah Bissonette (director); Alex Chidley (director/president); Marilyn Beaucage (director); Ida Dourbrough (director/vice-president); Caryn Anne Farnsworth (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Friends...supporting Those With Long Term Health CARE Needs’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119086213RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.