The Grind Pembroke
Charitable organization · Pembroke, Ontario · BN 763530896RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($764,763) as filed with the CRA.
The Grind Pembroke is a charitable organization based in Pembroke, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $747K in revenue and $765K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 20% from government, 26% from other charities. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $243K.
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 91% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $365K in 2020 to $747K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Programs to help the homeless and those in need include the coffee house community kitchen outreach ministry shelter services client services as well as youth services recreational programs for children challenged by autism and other developmental issues.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $747K | $765K | $765K | — | — | $494K |
| 2023 | $780K | $694K | $694K | — | — | $490K |
| 2022 | $662K | $526K | $526K | — | — | $404K |
| 2021 | $511K | $384K | $384K | — | — | $268K |
| 2020 | $365K | $320K | $320K | — | $25K | $141K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $243K from 31 charities:
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$104K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- United Way Simcoe Muskoka$26K
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$10K
- Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception$5,000
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- Ottawa Valley Community Foundation$4,863
- First Evangelical Missionary Church$4,220
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,294
- Calvary Baptist Church$2,100
- St Andrew's Presbyterian Church$2,000
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- Pine Ridge Family Church of The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$1,213
- ST. Andrew's United Church$1,070
- Pembroke Christian Assembly$1,035
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$895
- Zion Christian Reformed Church of Pembroke$808
- ST Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church$657
- ST Francis of Assisi Parish/paroisse ST-Francois d'Assise$571
- Whitewater Wesleyan Community Church the Wesleyan Church of Canada$500
- Christ Lutheran Church$500
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$463
- Zion Evangelical United Church$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$235K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adrien Chaput (chair); Jerry Novack (executive director); John Vaudry (secretary); Dave Henderson (director); Rudy Huisman (treasurer); Jessica Mason (director); Amelia Kennedy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Grind Pembroke’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 763530896RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.