The Salvation Army
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107951618RR0298 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($33,715,320) as filed with the CRA.
The Salvation Army is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $35.9M in revenue and $33.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $678K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 212 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $20.7M in 2020 to $35.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The salvation army's toronto housing and homeless supports (thhs) operates six shelters in toronto for people experiencing homelessness. These six shelters meet basic needs for food shelter and clothing as well as provide spiritual and religious care addictions counselling case management housing help outreach services and community follow-up supports. Of thhs' six sites maxwell meighen centre the gateway and new hope leslieville each provide these services to adult men. Evangeline residence and florence booth house provide services to adult women. Islington seniors' shelter thhs' new…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $35.9M | $33.7M | $32.3M | $38K | — | $33.1M |
| 2023 | $27.8M | $25M | $23.8M | $28K | — | $30.9M |
| 2022 | $25.3M | $21.1M | $20M | $3,423 | $119 | $28.1M |
| 2021 | $23.8M | $21.5M | $19.8M | $3,051 | $740K | $23.9M |
| 2020 | $20.7M | $18.5M | $17.6M | $23K | $37K | $21.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $678K from 14 charities:
- The Salvation Army Ontario Division$551K
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- The Mitchell and Kathryn Baran Family Foundation$20K
- The Ouellette Family Foundation$7,000
- Clench House Foundation$7,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,143
- The Holgan88 Foundation$500
- BenefAction Foundation$459
- United Way of Greater Toronto$449
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$300
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$75
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$25
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions212
- Total compensation, all staff$14.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lee Graves (chair); John Chamness (chief executive officer); Keith Pike (chief operating officer); Roxanne Jennings (vice-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Salvation Army’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107951618RR0298), or read how we compute the receipt.