The John Howard Society of Canada
Publicly funded institution · Kingston, Ontario · BN 130523467RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,008,690) as filed with the CRA.
The John Howard Society of Canada is a charitable organization based in Kingston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $4.1M in revenue and $4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $273K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $342K in 2024, the largest being $108K to John Howard Society of Ontario. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Community education and policy development with respect to our objectives of just effective and humane justice and corrections Network support and information sharing with John Howard Societies across Canada Grants to Provincial and Territorial John Howard Societies to aid them in meeting their charitable objectives as John Howard Society members Referral and support to the John Howard Society clients and family members Management of national contract with Canada Border Services Agency to provide support and supervision to those with immigration issues Piloting a project to use technological …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $4M | $3.1M | $31K | $342K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $3.3M | $2.7M | $62K | $340K | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.2M | $2.5M | $67K | $340K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $2.9M | $2.3M | $28K | $340K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $3M | $2.8M | $2.2M | $59K | $340K | $700K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $342K to 12 qualified donees:
- John Howard Society of Ontario$108K
- The John Howard Society of British Columbia$52K
- The John Howard Society of Alberta$36K
- The John Howard Society of New Brunswick Inc.$22K
- John Howard Society of Saskatchewan$21K
- The John Howard Society of Manitoba Inc$21K
- The John Howard Society of Nova Scotia$19K
- The John Howard Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$17K
- The John Howard Society of Prince Edward Island$15K
- The John Howard Society of the Northwest Territories$15K
- La Société John Howard du Québec the John Howard Society of Québec$15K
- The University of Winnipeg Foundation Inc.$2,000
Received $273K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$440K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert MacLellan (president); Janis Aitken (past president); Alyssa Clements (vice president); Joan Dawson (secretary/treasurer); Jean Claude Bernheim (director); Don Cameron (director); Ron Cuthbert (director); Kimberley Doyle (director); Zilla Jones (director); Conor Mullin (director); Jane MacMaster (director); Kyle Krawchuk (director); Benedict Feist (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The John Howard Society of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130523467RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.