Capability Support Services Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 106873557RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,028,810) as filed with the CRA.
Capability Support Services Inc. is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, 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 $8.1M in revenue and $8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $765.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 50 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The organization provides supportive housing services and attendant outreach services for physcially disabled individuals ages 16 years and older in the region of hamilton halton and haldimand-norfolk regions. As well as community home support for seniors providing personal care services. Support for individuals discharged from hospital providing access to a bundle of personal care services to stabilize them in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.1M | $8M | $7M | — | — | $677K |
| 2023 | $7.3M | $7.2M | $6.4M | — | — | $594K |
| 2022 | $7M | $6.9M | $6.2M | — | — | $506K |
| 2021 | $6.6M | $6.6M | $5.9M | — | — | $433K |
| 2020 | $6.1M | $6.1M | $5.6M | — | — | $378K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $765 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions50
- Total compensation, all staff$6.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ruth Liebersbach (director); Elizabeth Beader (director); Elizabeth Manganelli-Staite (chair); Tim Dietrich (director); Brenda Vrkljan (director); Pamela Vermeersch (director); Sebastien Skrobos (director); Robert Luckhart (director); Guy Dixon (director); Steve Sherrer (chief executive officer); Robert Capstick (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Capability Support Services Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106873557RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.