Becoming Neighbours Joint Apostolic Ministry
Charitable organization · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 801319146RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($186,433) as filed with the CRA.
Becoming Neighbours Joint Apostolic Ministry is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $203K in revenue and $186K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 85% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $138K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Becoming neighbours is a host program designed to support new immigrants and refugees during their adjustment in toronto to canadian society. Promoting cultural integration and enrichments by assisting immigrants and refugees to become active and fully participating members of the community. Programs provided to immigrants and refugees in collaboration with other organizations. A mentor-ship program for volunteers in their support of immigrants and refugees. An increase awareness of the barriers for immigrants and refugees it provides for them to become fully contributing members of the commun…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $203K | $186K | $92K | — | — | $559K |
| 2023 | $189K | $167K | $101K | — | — | $547K |
| 2022 | $160K | $134K | $85K | $2,315 | — | $514K |
| 2021 | $235K | $108K | $74K | — | — | $498K |
| 2020 | $231K | $140K | $104K | — | — | $379K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $138K from 13 charities:
- Our Lady's Missionaries$32K
- The Sisters of St. Joseph for the Diocese of Toronto in Upper Canada$30K
- The Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ontario$20K
- Scarboro Foreign Mission Society$19K
- Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception$15K
- The Sisters of Social Service$10K
- Spiritans the Congregation of the Holy Ghost$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,747
- The Sisters of St. Joseph for the Diocese of Toronto in Upper Canada$2,000
- The Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Toronto$2,000
- La Xaviére Au Canada$300
- Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario$200
- Congregation of Notre Dame Visitation Province Inc.—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$143K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frances Brady (president/chair); Mary Jane Leonard (director); Lois Anne Bordowitz (director); Marc-Andre Veselovsky (treasurer); Georgette Gregory (vice-president/vice-chair); Kevin Storey (director); Ron Macdonell (director); Santo Arrgio (director); Evanne Hunter (director); Joseph Kelly (director); Mary Babic (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Becoming Neighbours Joint Apostolic Ministry’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801319146RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.