Siloam Mission is a 2-star, financially transparent charity with a Low impact rating. It has an above-average B+ results reporting grade and a reasonably sized reserve of cash and investments. For every dollar donated, 81 cents are available to go to the cause.

Founded in 1987 and operating in Winnipeg, Siloam Mission is a Christian charity that provides short and long-term housing at three buildings to those who are housing insecure housing or homeless. It also provides warm meals, showers, counselling, community events, and job placements for its clients. In 2024, Siloam Mission began building its own affordable housing and plans to build 1,000 housing units according to its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan.

Siloam Mission runs two program groups: housing and community services. It spent $12.5m on its programs in the April 2024 (F2024) fiscal year. The charity did not provide any further breakdown of its program spending at the time of this profile update.

Housing includes short-term emergency housing at The Madison shelter (85 units), as well as long-term transitional housing at both its 4025 Robin (32 units) and Arlene Wilson Recovery Centre (20 units). In F2024, Siloam Mission housed 1,426 unique people across these three facilities and provided 51,035 nights of shelter.

Non-housing services cover any programming provided at its facilities outside of directly housing clients. In F2024, Siloam Mission served 543,320 meals, distributed 17,000 articles of clothing, and processed 1,807 visits at its Saul Air Healthcare Centre clinic. The charity also provided jobs training and hired 55 people who completed its jobs training courses in F2024. 

Although Siloam Mission’s audited financial statements provided some disclosure on how much it spent on program, administrative, and fundraising activities, it did not break out its facility and technology costs between these three groups. This means Siloam Mission follows line-item costing which is not a best practice.

In F2024, Siloam Mission received $10.9m in cash donations (56% of total revenue), $1.9m worth of donated goods (10% of revenue), and $2.9m of government funding (15% of revenue). Administrative costs are 9% of total revenue less investment income and fundraising costs are 10% of cash donations. Its 19% overhead spending means that for every dollar donated, 81 cents are available to go to the cause.

Siloam Mission spent $10.6m on its programs in F2024 – a 12% increase from $9.5m spent in F2023. Its increased capital spending since F2022 ($1.7m in F2022 to $5.6m in F2024) is likely related to its goal of building 1,000 affordable housing units mentioned in its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan.

At the end of F2024, the charity had $7.0m gross and $2.4m net reserve funds (cash and investments). This can cover 23% or just over two months of its annual program spending.. Ci backed out $4.6m worth of interest-bearing debt from its gross reserves. In F2024, Siloam Mission paid a $1.6m in deposit for the purchase of land and a building.

Profile updated by Julian Dranitsaris on June 18, 2025. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.