Global Citizens Care for Underprivileged and Refugee Empowerment Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 806582896RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,141,380) as filed with the CRA.
Global Citizens Care for Underprivileged and Refugee Empowerment Inc. is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $3.2M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 80% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $723K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $762K in 2020 to $3.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Academic tutoring to improve academic success for at-risk youth. Supervised instruction in sports to build and develop life and social skills. Academic workshops for high school students. Relieve poverty by operating a subsidized day camp to middle school students from low and modest income families in Hamilton. Advance education and benefit the community by building a library and joint conference centre in Paynesville Liberia. Southwestern Ontario Black Entrepreneurship Network brings together a consortium of partners to offer a dynamic resource for Black business owners entrepreneurs a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.1M | $3.1M | $8,219 | — | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $2.2M | $49K | — | $877K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $12K | — | $648K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $3,305 | — | $452K |
| 2020 | $762K | $687K | $662K | $7,180 | — | $247K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $723K from 11 charities:
- Hamilton Community Foundation$183K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$150K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$100K
- The Joyce Family Foundation$80K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$65K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$57K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$54K
- Hamilton Golf and Country Club Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- Canada Gives$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$65
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99921 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Francis Hinnah (director); Trevor Jaundoo (director); Rebecca O'Connor (vice chair); Ryan Rosko (director); Andrew Spurgeon (chair); Krystena Wan (treasurer); JoAnne Barresi (director); Kate Lazier (director); Emmett Dunn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Global Citizens Care for Underprivileged and Refugee Empowerment Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 806582896RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.