Hamilton Foundation for Student Success
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 890896046RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,320,806) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton Foundation for Student Success is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $265K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $927K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | $1,500 | $0 |
| 2023 | $778K | $1.2M | $767K | — | $364K | $0 |
| 2022 | $619K | $671K | $618K | — | $9,216 | $0 |
| 2021 | $735K | $695K | $651K | — | $740 | $0 |
| 2020 | $927K | $1M | $720K | $171K | $109K | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $265K from 22 charities:
- Hamilton Community Foundation$136K
- Canada Gives$25K
- The Schwenger Family Foundation$25K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$11K
- The Heller/smith Family Foundation$10K
- The Charitable Trust of the Rotary Club of Ancaster Morning$9,382
- The Charitable Trust of the Rotary Club of Ancaster Morning$8,250
- Aqueduct Foundation$8,000
- BenefAction Foundation$7,000
- Janet and Margreta Snell Scholarship Fund$5,400
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,289
- Nikola Tesla Educational Corporation$3,050
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,000
- Rotary Club of Lincoln Foundation Inc.$1,895
- Rotary Club of Hamilton Sunshine Fund$1,200
- The Allen and Milli Gould Family Foundation$1,000
- The Anthony G. DiCenzo Foundation$1,000
- The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$800
- Canadahelps Canadon$278
- Faith United Church$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$83
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$87K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carla Ricci (director); Ian Brisbin (director); Brent Foreman (director); Nair Lacruz (director); Peggy Savage (director); Lyndsy Baillie (director); Matthew Gerard (treasurer); Sheryl Robinson Petrazzini (director); Lohifa Pogoson Acker (director); Lorraine Valmadrid (director); Jennifer Hughes (director); Kathy Archer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton Foundation for Student Success’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890896046RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.