The Salvation Army Saskatoon Community Services

The Salvation Army Saskatoon Community Services is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $6.4M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $162K.

Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 42 permanent full-time positions.

It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $205 in 2024, the largest being $155 to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.1M in 2020 to $6.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.