Compassion Society of Halton
Charitable organization · Burlington, Ontario · BN 804301810RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,905,518) as filed with the CRA.
Compassion Society of Halton is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $365K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $351K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The compassion society responds to the needs of the community by providing donated food clothing everyday household articles and referrals to local resources. Three times weekly the compassion society opens its doors to provide economically disadvantaged community members with food clothing household items and toys without charge. It also provides guidance to its clients on publicity available programs that can provide them with needed assistance. Themed programs are also fun each month to coincide with significant events (mother's day father's day canada day back to school c…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.9M | — | — | $433K |
| 2023 | $520K | $501K | $490K | $7,670 | — | $334K |
| 2022 | $384K | $359K | $352K | $4,399 | — | $314K |
| 2021 | $324K | $257K | $243K | $11K | — | $289K |
| 2020 | $351K | $211K | $208K | $550 | — | $223K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $365K from 19 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$105K
- Canadahelps Canadon$105K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$50K
- Patrick J McNally Charitable Foundation$20K
- The Emmet Foundation$20K
- Food Banks Mississauga$18K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- The Gift of Giving Back$11K
- Burlington Helping Burlington$9,257
- West Plains United Church$3,824
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$3,509
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Foundation for Human Development$2,000
- Windsoressex Community Foundation$1,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$27
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$26
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$276K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Katelyn Hall (treasurer); Dania Thurman (secretary); Anthony Hordowick (director); Peter Kenney (director); Jennifer Coombe (director); Vishal Acharya (chair); Whiteeagle Stonefish (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Compassion Society of Halton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804301810RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.