Christie Refugee Welcome Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 108222266RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,530,561) as filed with the CRA.
Christie Refugee Welcome Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $3.7M in revenue and $3.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government, 16% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $441K.
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 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.4M in 2020 to $3.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Christian non-profit charitable organization committed to a holistic christian faith and life that motivates its work alongside people. Especially children. Living in poverty. Following christ's example they serve people through the ownership and operation of a shelter in toronto for temporary housing of refugee claimants regardless of race. Religion or gender.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.5M | $2.9M | $83K | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $2.5M | $68K | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.2M | $75K | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $1.8M | $81K | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $78K | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $441K from 25 charities:
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$114K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$60K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$60K
- Beutel Goodman Charitable Foundation$35K
- The Sonor Foundation$30K
- Air Canada Foundation$30K
- Tippet Foundation$20K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$16K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$10K
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$10K
- Music Education Charity of Canada$5,000
- Toronto Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,307
- Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Humanity Fund$4,000
- Link Charity Canada Inc$3,812
- Gay Lea Foundation$3,000
- The Calgary Foundation$2,000
- Spring Garden Baptist Church$2,000
- Toronto District School Board$1,367
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$1,142
- Richview Baptist Church$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$229
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$25
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tracy McManus (secretary); Bruce Cameron (director/chair); Charity Kobongo-Lowe (director); Alex Sancton (chair/director); Taya Cook (vice chair); Peter Hopkins (treasurer); Stephen Gordon (director); Michelle Michalak (director); George Halatsis (director); Lemlem Woldermariam (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Christie Refugee Welcome Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108222266RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.