Welcome Friend Association
Charitable organization · Thessalon, Ontario · BN 830794715RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($202,526) as filed with the CRA.
Welcome Friend Association is a charitable organization based in Thessalon, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $215K in revenue and $203K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from donations, 46% from government. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Welcome friend association provides outreach and support for people impacted by gender and sexual issues and run a summer camp annually
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $215K | $203K | $159K | $1,279 | — | $80K |
| 2023 | $405K | $652K | $611K | $20K | — | $64K |
| 2022 | $713K | $532K | $419K | $17K | $0 | $309K |
| 2021 | $178K | $248K | $163K | $2,258 | — | $129K |
| 2020 | $187K | $77K | $57K | $1,058 | — | $199K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$137K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Harry Stewart (president); David McLaughlan (director); Rita O'Link (director); Laura Dougan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Welcome Friend Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830794715RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.