Wendat Community Programs
Publicly funded institution · Midland, Ontario · BN 108196353RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,938,757) as filed with the CRA.
Wendat Community Programs is a charitable organization based in Midland, 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 $5.2M in revenue and $4.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,532.
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 81% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 41 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
We run a vocational drop-in centre clothing exchange program and meal program for people disabled by mental illness. We provide housing registry services peer support vocational training opportunities and in home residential support in the midland and surrounding area for people wth serious mental illness. We provide public education related to reducing stigma and increasing understanding of mental illness and technical training in psychiatric rehabilitation. Care and supportive housing programs are offered to seniors with mental illness. A senior's residence is owned and operated for l…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.2M | $4.9M | $4.7M | $15K | — | $3M |
| 2023 | $5.3M | $5M | $4.7M | $15K | — | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $5M | $4.8M | $4.6M | $832 | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $5M | $4.8M | $5M | $476 | — | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $4.7M | $4.7M | $4.5M | $22K | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,532 from 4 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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions41
- Total compensation, all staff$3.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernie Cusson (vice president); David Wiercigroch (director); Grace Kidd (director); Karen Roberts (director); Linda Murray (secretary); Michael Webb (president); Michelle Goodman (director); Shannon Duplessy (director); Stefan Racine (director); Tammy King (treasurer); Tammy Martin (director); Vanessa Moss (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wendat Community Programs’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108196353RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.