Hamilton & District Extend-A- Family
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 118951557RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($315,492) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton & District Extend-A- Family 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 $323K in revenue and $315K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 62% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $77K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We match children with developmental disabilities with volunteer familities to enable the children to develop new friends and to give their care givers a period of respite. We organize semi-monthly activities for teens and preteens along with their volunteer buddies.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $323K | $315K | $284K | — | — | $162K |
| 2023 | $288K | $296K | $270K | — | — | $154K |
| 2022 | $249K | $282K | $259K | — | — | $164K |
| 2021 | $343K | $273K | — | — | — | $196K |
| 2020 | $233K | $248K | — | — | — | $125K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $77K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$182K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Monique Alderman (member at large); Terry-Lyn Riley (member at large); Carrie Andree (president); Kerri Peters (secretary); Greta Peso (executive director); Tina Palmer (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton & District Extend-A- Family’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118951557RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.