Community CARE of West Niagara
Charitable organization · Beamsville, Ontario · BN 119019891RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($718,217) as filed with the CRA.
Community CARE of West Niagara is a charitable organization based in Beamsville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $935K in revenue and $718K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $263K.
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 19% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Niagara Community Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $552K in 2020 to $935K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Food bank emergency financial assistance christmas food and back to school drives
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $935K | $718K | $477K | $35K | $5,000 | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $666K | $538K | $378K | $16K | $5,000 | $1M |
| 2022 | $697K | $528K | $365K | $5,309 | — | $883K |
| 2021 | $736K | $530K | $368K | $8,141 | $5,000 | $714K |
| 2020 | $552K | $432K | $301K | $7,517 | $10K | $508K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- Niagara Community Foundation$5,000
Received $263K from 32 charities:
- Greater Hamilton Food Share$55K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$50K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$50K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$23K
- Dasaka Foundation$20K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,278
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$7,489
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$5,300
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie$5,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,234
- Mazon Canada$3,420
- Vineland Station Pastoral Charge$2,519
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$2,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,750
- BenefAction Foundation$1,500
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$1,500
- Beamsville Church of Christ$1,200
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,134
- Our Lady of the Lake Council No. 4917 Charitable Welfare Trust$1,000
- Rotary Club of Lincoln Foundation Inc.$1,000
- The First Mennonite Church of Vineland$800
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$500
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$500
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$419K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean Brohman (treasurer); Stewart Capell (vice president); Elizabeth Klassen (president); JD Pachereva (director); Stuart Reimer (director); Dave Thompson (director); Paul Litschko (director); Christine Manuel (director); Leigh Anne Siebert (secretary); Phil Rose (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community CARE of West Niagara’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119019891RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.