The John Howard Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.
Publicly funded institution · ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 108085408RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,038,469) as filed with the CRA.
The John Howard Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc. is a charitable organization based in ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 $5.2M in revenue and $5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 41 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (newfoundland and Labrador). Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The John Howard Society of NL is a volunteer community based organization that works to reduce criminal activity by providing opportunities for the rehabilitation of offenders and advocates for reform through successful program interventions public education crime prevention strategies and restorative justice principles. The Society provides a wide range of programs and services including community based residential programs for adults open custody facilities for youth and clinical and employment counselling.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.2M | $5M | — | — | $100 | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $5M | $4.9M | — | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $4.7M | $4.6M | — | — | $300 | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $4.4M | $4.4M | — | — | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $4.7M | $4.6M | — | — | — | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $31K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions41
- Total compensation, all staff$4.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donna Luther (vice president); Joan Dawson (president); Joan Atkinson (director); Giwa Sulaimon (director); Dan Goodyear (director); Jackie Compton-Hobbs (director); Kimberly Legge (director); Debbie Sue Martin (director); Ben Lewis (treasurer); Anne Morris (director); Jason Power (director); Michelle Short (director); Dick Spellacy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The John Howard Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108085408RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.