Compass Refugee Centre Inc.
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 838270015RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($755,811) as filed with the CRA.
Compass Refugee Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $877K in revenue and $756K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 49% from other charities. In 2024, 34 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $433K.
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 45% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The organization supports refugee claimants throughout their refugee claim process. The organization also provides support for claimants and activities that build a community of mutual support and community education on refugee issues.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $877K | $756K | $650K | $5,649 | — | $72K |
| 2023 | $624K | $653K | $567K | $14K | — | $70K |
| 2022 | $529K | $647K | $571K | $8,621 | — | $93K |
| 2021 | $656K | $662K | $588K | $5,448 | — | $199K |
| 2020 | $619K | $558K | $507K | $6,776 | — | $210K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $433K from 34 charities:
- Abundance Canada$95K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$91K
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$46K
- Mennonite Central Committee Ontario$32K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Ross-Shire Foundation$16K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11K
- Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church$10K
- Social Venture Partners Waterloo Region$10K
- Creekside Church$9,800
- Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly$5,004
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Hillcrest Mennonite Church$4,740
- Elevation Church$3,600
- The Jim and Lorna Blair Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Canada Gives$3,000
- Wellesley Mennonite Church$2,607
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$2,500
- Waterloo North Mennonite Church$2,330
- Preston Mennonite Church$2,000
- Hanover Mennonite Church$1,515
- Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church$1,500
- ST. Agatha Mennonite Church$1,000
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$518K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Pankratz (secretary); Lisa Jarvis (member); Karen Martin Schiedel (member); Olufunke Oba (member); Narendran Kumarakulasingam (board member); Manuela Jimenez Bueno (member); Douglas Blair (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Compass Refugee Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838270015RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.