The Salvation Army-Toronto Harbour Light Ministries
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107951618RR0549 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,869,532) as filed with the CRA.
The Salvation Army-Toronto Harbour Light Ministries is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. 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 $9.5M in revenue and $10.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% 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 $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 96 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $9,450 to The Salvation Army Ontario Division. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We operate a rehabilitation program for addicts. We operate a transitional housing program. We provide supportive housing program. We offer assistance program for mmigrants and refugee. We hold worship services weekly. We operate a breakfast program daily for the homeless. We operate a 70 day program for chemically dependent women 18 years of age & over. We operate a life-skill program with instruction in cleaning social interaction parenting and financial management. We provide ministries for women men youth and children on a regular basis. We give pastoral care and practic…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.5M | $10.9M | $10.4M | $14K | $11K | $28.8M |
| 2023 | $9.4M | $9.9M | $9.3M | $5,959 | $9,730 | $30.2M |
| 2022 | $9.5M | $9.9M | $9.4M | $12K | $4,355 | $30.7M |
| 2021 | $10.9M | $10.5M | $9.9M | $651 | $1,959 | $31.1M |
| 2020 | $8.1M | $8.7M | $8.1M | $8,391 | $94K | $30.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $1.1M from 9 charities:
- The Salvation Army Ontario Division$1.1M
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,839
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$2,800
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,894
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,000
- The Christian Reformed Church of Alliston$900
- BenefAction Foundation$898
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$385
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$219
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions96
- Total compensation, all staff$6.8M
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-Toronto Harbour Light Ministries’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107951618RR0549), or read how we compute the receipt.