The Grace Cafe of St. Thomas
Charitable organization · ST Thomas, Ontario · BN 836132381RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($370,925) as filed with the CRA.
The Grace Cafe of St. Thomas is a charitable organization based in ST Thomas, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $226K in revenue and $371K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 44% from other charities. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $116K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Grace Cafe operates a street mission and soup kitchen providing free lunch meals to the underprivileged in the City of St Thomas and area. All services carried out with over 8 500 hours from community volunteers donations from the community at large individuals and corporate. Excess food is distributed to the clients as available along with seasonal clothing and household items as available. Grace Cafe is operating an addictions resource outreach to the community to the homeless who are in addiction and to the community of St Thomas and area to provide information on addictions t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $226K | $371K | $302K | — | — | $216K |
| 2023 | $346K | $224K | $201K | — | — | $356K |
| 2022 | $250K | $321K | — | — | — | $239K |
| 2021 | $247K | $79K | $33K | — | — | $310K |
| 2020 | $163K | $76K | $75K | — | $5,000 | $142K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $116K from 21 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Canada$15K
- Free Reformed Church of ST. Thomas$5,939
- New Hope Community Church (london)$5,000
- Fellowship Christian Reformed Church of ST. Thomas$3,407
- Christian Reformed Church of Aylmer$2,723
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$1,765
- ST Thomas Pentecostal Assembly$1,518
- The Junction Christian Reformed Church of ST. Thomas$1,242
- Don and Hazel Williams Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$831
- Southdale Bible Chapel$784
- ST. James Presbyterian Church$700
- The ST Thomas Youth Choir$500
- Faith Baptist Church of St. Thomas$500
- Living Hope Community Church$400
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$325
- London Gospel Temple Inc.$316
- Mowbray and Doris Sifton Family Foundation$120
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$221K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Virginia Trepanier (member); Karen Groeneweg (secretary); Jenny McMullen (treasurer); Michael Toth (executive director); Tim Seabrook (member); Andrea Reisdorf (member); Donald Trepanier (chairperson); Michelle O'Gorman (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Grace Cafe of St. Thomas’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836132381RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.