THE GRACE CAFE OF ST. THOMAS
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·321 TALBOT ST · ST THOMAS, ON · N5P 1B5·BN 836132381RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
Cents to cause T1
81¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
15%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.7 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$226K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to The Grace Cafe of St. Thomas?
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Is The Grace Cafe of St. Thomas a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 836132381RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is The Grace Cafe of St. Thomas located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 321 TALBOT ST, ST THOMAS, ON, N5P 1B5. Source.
What does The Grace Cafe of St. Thomas do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Grace Cafe operates a street mission and soup kitchen providing free lunch meals to the underprivileged in the City of St Thomas and area. All services carried out with over 8 500 hours from community volunteers donations from the community at large individuals and corporate. Excess food is distributed to the…" Full program description.
How much of The Grace Cafe of St. Thomas's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 81¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is The Grace Cafe of St. Thomas?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $226K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Grace Cafe operates a street mission and soup kitchen providing free lunch meals to the underprivileged in the City of St Thomas and area. All services carried out with over 8 500 hours from community volunteers donations from the community at large individuals and corporate. Excess food is distributed to the clients as available along with seasonal clothing and household items as available. Grace Cafe is operating an addictions resource outreach to the community to the homeless who are in addiction and to the community of St Thomas and area to provide information on addictions t… Show more
Grace Cafe operates a street mission and soup kitchen providing free lunch meals to the underprivileged in the City of St Thomas and area. All services carried out with over 8 500 hours from community volunteers donations from the community at large individuals and corporate. Excess food is distributed to the clients as available along with seasonal clothing and household items as available. Grace Cafe is operating an addictions resource outreach to the community to the homeless who are in addiction and to the community of St Thomas and area to provide information on addictions to provide assistance in accessing addiction services including rehabilitation treatment programs and to assist in related issues such as aftercare housing mental health services medical and other related issues to addiction.
New programs
None
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
81¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 81¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 81¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
15%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.7 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$226K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)31%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
31%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
69%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | $147K | 99¢ | 1% | 0.4 yr |
| 2020-08-31 | $163K | 106¢✱ | 1% | 1.9 yr |
| 2021-08-31 | $247K | 41¢ | 6% | 9.2 yr |
| 2022-08-31 | $250K | — | — | — |
| 2023-08-31 | $346K | 90¢ | 5% | 1.8 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $226K | 81¢ | 15% | 0.7 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
8 directors reported · 6 of 8at arm's length
- Trepanier, Virginia AMembernot at arm's length
- Groeneweg, Karen ASecretaryarm's length
- McMullen, Jenny JTreasurerarm's length
- Toth, Michael BExecutive Directorarm's length
- Seabrook, TimMemberarm's length
- Reisdorf, AndreaMemberarm's length
- Trepanier, Donald RChairpersonnot at arm's length
- O'Gorman, MichelleSecretaryarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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