Hamilton Out of the Cold Program Coalition
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 864263488RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($205,560) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton Out of the Cold Program Coalition is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $229K in revenue and $206K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $179K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provides free meals for the homeless and very poor 6 nights per week. Also provides breakfat for the homeless 6 days per week at downtown hamilton churches of various denominations. Provide funding to operatea women's shelter space and referral centre in hamilton.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $229K | $206K | $114K | — | — | $238K |
| 2023 | $157K | $196K | $125K | — | — | $214K |
| 2022 | $177K | $173K | $94K | $401 | $15K | $253K |
| 2021 | $135K | $114K | $53K | — | $15K | $249K |
| 2020 | $194K | $150K | $68K | — | $15K | $228K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $179K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$68K
- Canadahelps Canadon$68K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$15K
- The Allen and Milli Gould Family Foundation$5,000
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- Canada Gives$4,000
- Homeless Cars$2,755
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,850
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- Abundance Canada$646
- Brant Hills Presbyterian Church$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$252
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$193
- The G & S Flint Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$73K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catheirne D'Addario (director); Mary Guise (secretary/coordinator); Katharine Havill (president); Gisele Rottaris (director); Brian Simo (treasurer); Michael Bootsma (director); John Ellis (director); Paul Whitehouse (director); Leah Serafini (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton Out of the Cold Program Coalition’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864263488RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.