The Gathering Place Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 140263005RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,999,948) as filed with the CRA.
The Gathering Place Incorporated is a charitable organization based in ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 $5.9M in revenue and $6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 71% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
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 65% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 88 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $5.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The organization provides a welcoming respectful environment for persons dealing with hunger homelessness mental illness and drug addiction. It provides food personal care access to medical professionals counsellors and social programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.9M | $6M | $5.5M | $160K | — | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $5.3M | $5M | $146K | $0 | $4.3M |
| 2022 | $5.1M | $4.5M | $4.1M | $159K | — | $4.1M |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $3.5M | $3.3M | — | — | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $666K | $616K | — | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1M from 24 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$435K
- Canadahelps Canadon$435K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$80K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,500
- United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$6,856
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Williams Family Foundation Inc.$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3,611
- The O'Neill Foundation Inc.$3,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,986
- BenefAction Foundation$2,500
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,500
- St. John's Archdiocese Inc.$1,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,100
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,090
- The R.D. Pippy Family Foundation$1,000
- Redpoll Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Coast Guard Newfoundland Region Alumni Association Inc.$500
- La Scie Pastoral Charge$410
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$125
- Chabad of Newfoundland Inc.$104
- St. Mary's Band Inc.$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99938 positions
- $1–39,99947 positions
- Permanent full-time positions88
- Total compensation, all staff$3.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Davis (co-chair); Robert Mercer (director); Ann Whelan (director); Louise Bradley (director); Geoffrey Boyd (director); Diane Smyth (director); Noel Andrews (director); Matthew O'callaghan (director); Heather Keough (director); Colleen Simms (director); Terry Power (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Gathering Place Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140263005RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.