Charity of Hope
Public foundation · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 887846087RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($297,410) as filed with the CRA.
Charity of Hope is a public foundation based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $255K in revenue and $297K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $60K in 2024, the largest being $15K to City Kidz Ministry. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $48K in 2020 to $255K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To establish a fund through fundraising and provide income derived to registered charities for the benefit of children in canada and elsewhere in the world. The charity holds fundraising events and receives charitable donations. Raised funds are donated to other canadian registered charities along with some of its own benevolent work. All activities are carried out by volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $255K | $297K | $170K | $127K | $60K | $38K |
| 2023 | $306K | $251K | $75K | $87K | $65K | $99K |
| 2022 | $105K | $198K | $133K | $63K | $94K | $44K |
| 2021 | $226K | $183K | $133K | $41K | $89K | $143K |
| 2020 | $48K | $92K | — | $262 | $87K | $100K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $60K to 10 qualified donees:
- City Kidz Ministry$15K
- YMCA of Hamilton/burlington/brantford$10K
- Liberty for Youth$10K
- Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation$5,000
- The Good Shepherd Centre Hamilton$5,000
- Comfort Bears Inc$5,000
- Shakespearience Performing Arts$4,000
- Ontario Provincial Federation of Chapters of the Council for Exceptional Children$3,500
- Suicide Prevention Community Council of Hamilton$1,000
- Kerr Street Community Services$1,000
Received $34K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dennis Concordia (director); Guy D'Alesio (director); Erik Ferrara (board vice-chair); Andrea Gordon (director); George Lamparski (treasurer); Julie Lamparski (director); Michael Macaluso (treasurer); Jennifer Mercanti (board chair); PJ Mercanti (director); Lisa Mercanti-Ladd (director); Francesca Rollo (director); Sidney Stacey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Charity of Hope’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887846087RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.