The Priory of Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of ST John of Jerusalem
Publicly funded institution · Gloucester, Ontario · BN 899034730RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,177,964) as filed with the CRA.
The Priory of Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of ST John of Jerusalem is a charitable organization based in Gloucester, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $14.4M in revenue and $15.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government, 35% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $87K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 71 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.9M in 2020 to $14.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.4M | $15.2M | $10.1M | — | $337K | $739K |
| 2023 | $19.4M | $20M | $15.5M | — | $387K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $21.9M | $20.7M | $17.4M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $4.6M | $4.6M | $3.3M | — | — | $747K |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $4.2M | $3M | — | — | $797K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $87K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$18K
- The Birks Family Foundation$5,000
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$3,500
- Columbia International Scholarship Endowment Fund$1,000
- Appleby College$993
- Saskatchewan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$750
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$483
- Albert College$420
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions71
- Total compensation, all staff$6.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurie Anderson (deputy chancellor); Paul Westcott (director); Travis Lanoway (director); Joseph Paul De B. Taillon (director); Christopher McCreery (director); Doug Penner (director); Sean Pretty (director); Jerry Rankin (director); Michel Dore (director); Patricia Johnson (director); Deepak Prasad (director); Brendan L'Heureux (director); Veronique Guitard (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Priory of Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of ST John of Jerusalem’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899034730RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.