The Soup Kitchen
Charitable organization · Hay River, Northwest Territories · BN 869510479RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($114,833) as filed with the CRA.
The Soup Kitchen is a charitable organization based in Hay River, Northwest Territories, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $72K in revenue and $115K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 45% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $45K in 2020 to $72K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
To run a soup kitchen to help those less fortunate.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $72K | $115K | $115K | — | — | $217K |
| 2023 | $109K | $102K | — | — | — | $260K |
| 2022 | $84K | $70K | — | — | — | $254K |
| 2021 | $70K | $79K | — | — | — | $240K |
| 2020 | $45K | $40K | — | — | — | $248K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $32K from 7 charities:
- United Way of Northwest Territories$14K
- The Yellowknife Community Foundation$12K
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$500
- United Way of Northwest Territories$100
- Canadahelps Canadon$96
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$90
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$7,287
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Betty Robinson (life member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Soup Kitchen’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869510479RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.