The Parish Assistance Fund of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie
Public foundation · Sudbury, Ontario · BN 860061076RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($467,087) as filed with the CRA.
The Parish Assistance Fund of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie is a public foundation based in Sudbury, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $467K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $185K in 2024, the largest being $185K to The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $765K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To receive maintain manage and invest a fund or funds and to apply from time to time all or parts of the income earned therefrom to provide loans or grants to parishes for operational and/or capital purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $467K | $233K | — | $185K | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $357K | $366K | $184K | — | $150K | $1M |
| 2022 | -$338K | $351K | $151K | — | $150K | $1M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $373K | $214K | — | $110K | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $765K | $405K | $251K | — | $100K | $938K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $185K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Dowd (director); Brian Dixon (director); Philippe Lapalme (director); Don Garrioch.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Parish Assistance Fund of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860061076RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.