The Social Service Bureau of Sarnia
Publicly funded institution · Sarnia, Ontario · BN 129999215RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,587,021) as filed with the CRA.
The Social Service Bureau of Sarnia is a charitable organization based in Sarnia, 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 $6.6M in revenue and $6.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $132K.
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 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Family couple & individual counselling telephone crisis line & telephone reassurance checks services to the developmentally handicapped early intervention programs for families and children service information & referral program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.6M | $6.6M | $5.7M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $5.6M | $5.6M | $4.7M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $5.3M | $5.3M | $4.4M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $5.1M | $5.1M | $4.2M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $5.2M | $5.2M | $4.4M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $132K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bobbie Cannon (vice chairperson); Hani Dajani (executive director); Laurie Gardiner (director); Mike Irwin (director); Gordon Sellon (director); Carey Wagner (board chairperson); Jim Wodham (director); Melissa Holmes (secretary); Mark Taylor (director); Jamie Pole (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Social Service Bureau of Sarnia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129999215RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.