Costi Immigrant Services
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 106987522RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($115,423,586) as filed with the CRA.
Costi Immigrant Services is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $121.9M in revenue and $115.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 440 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $32.6M in 2020 to $121.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Refugee Settlement services Language and Skill Training Employment Services for youth & adults Family counseling Mental Health assessment problem gambling addiction counseling Services for seniors Community and Youth Services Post settlement services for newcomers Affordable housing search services Shelter for Homeless Asylum seekers On-line employment search and counseling services and Newcomer Welcome Centre - One stop settlement services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $121.9M | $115.4M | $108.9M | $5,261 | — | $23.2M |
| 2023 | $90.6M | $84.5M | $79.5M | $19K | — | $16.7M |
| 2022 | $54.3M | $52.4M | $46.8M | $156K | — | $10.6M |
| 2021 | $29.9M | $29.1M | $25.7M | $97K | — | $8.7M |
| 2020 | $32.6M | $32.3M | $28.7M | $47K | — | $8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions440
- Total compensation, all staff$32M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Samina Sami (chief executive officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Costi Immigrant Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106987522RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.