Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 119236784RR0002 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($481,749,887) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $482M in revenue and $481.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $894K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3,530 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Promote the advancement of Education through the provision and operation of Elementary Schools Secondary Schools and Continuing Education sites
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $482M | $481.7M | $469.7M | — | — | $87.6M |
| 2023 | $411.1M | $410.1M | $399.3M | — | — | $87.3M |
| 2022 | $403.6M | $403.7M | $392.8M | — | — | $92.5M |
| 2021 | $397.6M | $389.9M | $379.1M | — | — | $92.6M |
| 2020 | $372.9M | $366.2M | $356.2M | — | — | $85M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $894K from 11 charities:
- Hamilton Community Foundation$311K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$282K
- The Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan Foundation$268K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- Ex Corde Foundation$10K
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- Sam and Roma Mercanti Foundation$1,000
- ST. Stephen United Church$1,000
- Rotary Club of Hamilton Sunshine Fund$800
- The Masonic Foundation of Ontario$625
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$600
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3,530
- Total compensation, all staff$397.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Valvasori (trustee); Aldo D'Intino (trustee); Patrick Daly (chairperson of the board); Louis Agro (trustee); Mary Nardini (trustee); Mark Valvasori (trustee); Philip Homerski (trustee); Agostino Ellen (trustee); Angelini Josephine (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119236784RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.