Achev
Publicly funded institution · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 888686482RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($38,789,527) as filed with the CRA.
Achev is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, 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 $39.1M in revenue and $38.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $248K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 393 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to Food Banks Mississauga. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
EMPLOYMENT & CAREER: Our employment and career services pillar supported over 8 000 job seekers and 4 269 employers. Achev also provided clients and partners the tools for success including skills training recruitment assistance job fairs and wage subsidy support programs. NEWCOMER SERVICES: Our specialized newcomer services pillar including Newcomer Information Centres and related programming provided customized services to over 80 000 newcomers. Our clients received the appropriate information referrals skills enhancements and support to help them make informed decisions about thei…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $39.1M | $38.8M | $33M | $105K | $1,000 | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $34.8M | $33.9M | $29.4M | — | $5,717 | $3.7M |
| 2022 | $31.1M | $30.7M | $26.8M | — | $250 | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $28.9M | $28.4M | $25M | — | $10K | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $28.5M | $28.2M | $24.9M | — | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- Food Banks Mississauga$1,000
Received $248K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions393
- Total compensation, all staff$25.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Epsit Jajal (chair of the board); Paulo Salomao (vice chair); Tracey Taylor-O'Reilly (director); Vase Sarmah (director); Ana Nunes (treasurer); Kim Warburton (director); Marlon Blake (director); Ruth Woods (secretary); Mark Lukowski (director); Naresh Vohra (director); Margaret Zanel (director); Branka Halilovic (director); Ivana Di Millo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Achev’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888686482RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.