Catholic Children's Aid Society of Hamilton
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 108075920RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($24,769,673) as filed with the CRA.
Catholic Children's Aid Society of Hamilton 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 $25.3M in revenue and $24.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $148K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 118 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Child welfare program to assist families to remain together or assist in the placement of adopted children and help them cope through diffucult transitional and on-going situations preparation for independance program to assist youths in transition from foster care to independant adult life
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25.3M | $24.8M | $22.3M | $161K | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $24.7M | $24.8M | $22.9M | $116K | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $24.9M | $24.5M | $22.7M | $95K | $23K | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $25.6M | $25.1M | $23.3M | $91K | — | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $25.9M | $25.7M | $24.1M | $193K | — | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $148K from 13 charities:
- Hamilton Community Foundation$58K
- Hamilton Golf and Country Club Foundation$30K
- RBC Foundation$20K
- Ex Corde Foundation$10K
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$10K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$5,638
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- Alice and Murray Maitland Foundation$5,000
- The Liuna Charitable Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,723
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$97
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions118
- Total compensation, all staff$13.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacqueline Bajus (director); David Wilhelm (treasurer); Melissa Button (secretary); Samidha Singhal (director); Gary Warner (chair); Nora Melara-Lopez (secretary); Phillip Jeffrey (director); Giovanni Hernandez (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Catholic Children's Aid Society of Hamilton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108075920RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.