Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto
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C
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
n/r
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
92%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 92 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto:
Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto is a one-star charity that is not financially transparent. It has a C results reporting grade, which is below average. For every dollar donated to the charity, 92 cents are available to go to the cause. Please review Ci's report before donating to this charity.
Founded in 1992, Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto (SMT) is a Christian charity that provides a variety of services for people in downtown Toronto. It runs a health clinic, a kitchen, and Sunday church services at its Sanctuary located on 25 Charles Street East. It also owns a separate housing location and is actively involved in community outreach. SMT runs five programs: Outreach, Sunday Worship, Community Meals, Lucas House, and its Health Clinic. The charity spent $2.2m on its programs in the fiscal year ending in December 2023.
Community Meals is a program that runs twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday. SMT provides both hot meals and essential services (shower facilities, clothing, books, and internet connection) to those in need. SMH also prepares special meals for holidays and other special events. According to the charity, 300 people benefit from this program each week.
Health Clinic is a program that provides physical, mental, and spiritual care to those who enter SMT’s clinic. Three registered nurses care for an average of 250 active patients each year. The charity also reports that the clinic sees 800 unique yearly visitors.
Sunday Worship is a program that runs once a week on Sunday. According to the charity, this service is a sacred time and an inclusive space where everyone present is encouraged to participate. Four preachers organize and deliver the program.
Lucas House is a shelter program. In 2023, SMT purchased an additional property and rented it out to four people for free.
Community Outreach is a program where SMT listens to and shares stories from its community on its website. The charity did not disclose any quantified results from this program.
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Results and Impact
Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto’s community meals program reportedly serves 300 people each week.
The charity also housed four people at Lucas House in 2023 who would otherwise not have access to housing.
The charity also provides healthcare to an average of 250 people each year at its clinic.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto’s results and impact.
Charity Intelligence has not yet rated SMT on impact (n/r).
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Finances
This charity is not financially transparent. Its audited financial statements are not publicly available on its website. Accordingly, Ci retrieved its audited statements from the CRA for 2023, 2022, and 2021. This analysis uses these financial statements. Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto’s financial statements follow line-item costing, meaning it does not properly disclose which expenses relate to programming, administrative, and fundraising expenses. Ci had to use the charity’s T3010 filings with the CRA to determine these values. This is not a best practice.
In 2023, SMT received $1.7m in donations, down 9% from the $1.9m received in 2022. Administrative costs are 8% of total revenues. The charity does not report any fundraising costs. For every dollar donated, 92 cents are available to go towards the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. In 2023, SMT spent $2.2m on its programs.
In 2023, Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto had $1.3m in its reserve funds. This is enough to cover almost seven months of annual program costs.
This profile has been sent to SMT for review. Changes may be forthcoming.
Profile updated on August 14, 2025 by Abby Stout.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
|
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 7.9% | 3.5% | 3.1% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Total overhead spending | 7.9% | 3.5% | 3.1% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 57.6% | 74.3% | 86.7% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 1,746,074 | 1,922,940 | 2,345,210 |
| Government funding | 182,500 | 202,500 | 182,500 |
| Fees for service | 53,989 | 34,485 | 22,524 |
| Total revenues | 1,982,563 | 2,159,925 | 2,550,234 |
| Program costs | 2,203,515 | 2,194,299 | 2,150,917 |
| Administrative costs | 156,991 | 74,823 | 79,759 |
| Fundraising costs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other costs | 13,590 | 14,428 | 8,422 |
| Total spending | 2,374,096 | 2,283,550 | 2,239,098 |
| Cash flow from operations | (391,533) | (123,625) | 311,136 |
| Capital spending | 87,410 | 16,889 | 115,103 |
| Funding reserves | 1,270,315 | 1,631,090 | 1,864,779 |
Note: LINE-ITEM COSING: Sanctuary Ministries of Toronto follows line item costing. Ci referred to the charity’s T3010 filings with the CRA to report program and administrative costs. Ci reconciled for the differences between the T3010 and the financial statements. This affected total revenues by $36k in 2023. DEFERRED DONATIONS: To report on a cash basis Ci adjusted for deferred donations. This affected revenues by ($24k) in 2023, ($nil) in 2022, and ($32k) in 2021. BAD DEBTS EXPENSE: Ci increased other costs for bad debt expense. This affected total expenses by $14k in 2023, $14k in 2022, and $8k in 2021. AMORTIZATION: Ci backed out amortization on a pro-rata basis from program and administrative costs.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
2 |
$40k - $80k |
8 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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