Hamilton Child and Family Supports
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 118852136RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($54,039,657) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton Child and Family Supports is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $52.6M in revenue and $54M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $194K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 234 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Hamilton Child and Family Supports in partnership with families and our community is committed to the safety protection and well-being of children and the strengthening of families while valuing diversity and promoting equity.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $52.6M | $54M | $51.5M | $68K | — | $9.2M |
| 2023 | $54.4M | $55.4M | $52.7M | $71K | $0 | $10.6M |
| 2022 | $52.6M | $50.8M | $48.3M | $71K | $0 | $12.8M |
| 2021 | $52.7M | $47.2M | $45M | $70K | — | $10.9M |
| 2020 | $48.7M | $48.7M | $46.6M | $121K | $0 | $7.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $194K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions234
- Total compensation, all staff$27.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Denise Christopherson (past president); Allan Buist (vice president); Katherine Wood (director); Kim Watkins (president); David McKenzie (director); Rosamund Taylor (director); Bita Pejam (director); David Tonin (treasurer); Zobia Jawed (director); Darryl Hall (director); Comfort Afari (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton Child and Family Supports’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118852136RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.