Urban Abbey
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 819430596RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($812,527) as filed with the CRA.
Urban Abbey is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $686K in revenue and $813K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 41% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,388.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $333K in 2020 to $686K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Feeding the poor 2x daily offering over-night shelter to refugees homeless and individuals in distress addiction recovery programs thrive - a residential addiction recovery environment for moms and infants saturday night life - meal and program for homeless and marginalized individuals moms connect offering education and training mens group for men with hurts and hang-ups leadership education swing dancing group latin dancing fiddlers of thunder bay daily use of public art space by multiple groups - dram practices illusionists musicians singing classes concerts piano dummi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $686K | $813K | $813K | — | — | $307K |
| 2023 | $583K | — | $571K | — | — | $434K |
| 2022 | $508K | $515K | $515K | — | — | $422K |
| 2021 | $696K | $403K | $401K | $2,460 | — | $429K |
| 2020 | $333K | $466K | $457K | $9,532 | — | $137K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,388 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$315K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scotland Morrison (chairperson); Nathaniel Gee (trustee); Andrew Lang (trustee); Jan Westerback (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Urban Abbey’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819430596RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.