The Haven for First Responders
Publicly funded institution · Port Carling, Ontario · BN 777251331RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($130,808) as filed with the CRA.
The Haven for First Responders is a charitable organization based in Port Carling, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $40K in revenue and $131K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 213 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To provide peer-lead mental health resources to first responders public safety personnel military and their family members. To run galas and other functions to attract new donors to help support the first responders.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $40K | $131K | $127K | — | — | -$134K |
| 2023 | $35K | $68K | $21K | — | — | -$43K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$61K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lissa Ruoccu (chair); Marie Lafleur (vice-chair); Paula Di Nota (secretary); Melissa Petriglia (secretary); Matthew Simon (secretary); Milana Drobner (secretary); Matt Di Nota (treasurer); Paula Ballak (treasurer); Michelle Vincent (executive director); Kennedy Haumann (program coordinator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Haven for First Responders’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 777251331RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.