Trenton Military Family Resource Centre
Publicly funded institution · Astra, Ontario · BN 894527233RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,837,219) as filed with the CRA.
Trenton Military Family Resource Centre is a charitable organization based in Astra, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $6.3M in revenue and $5.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,078.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The trenton military family resource centre provides services and resources that support the well-being of military families.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.3M | $5.8M | $4.9M | $59K | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $5M | $5.2M | $4.4M | $1,464 | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $5.2M | $5.1M | $4.2M | $12K | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $5.2M | $4M | $3.2M | $7,656 | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $5.1M | $5.3M | $4.6M | $84K | — | $576K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,078 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$4.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Blachette (director); Tamara Kleinschmidt (executive director); Sara Emond (director); Wendy Synnott (director); Candice Wylde (director); Shawn Brooks (director); Nichole Weiler (director); Sabrina Ribau (director); Cali Keating (director); Jean-Francois Harvey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trenton Military Family Resource Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894527233RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.