Hammer Heads Program
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 851061044RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,437,143) as filed with the CRA.
Hammer Heads Program is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government, 13% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $19.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $621K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Hammer heads program 1. Organizes and coordinates skills development and health and safety lectures 2. Organizes travel to various training centres and showcases various building trades
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $300K | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $299K | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $302K | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $978K | $864K | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $621K | $636K | $521K | — | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $19 from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James ST. John (director); Michael Clemons (vice president); Orlando Bowen (recording secretary); Dale Hawrychuk (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hammer Heads Program’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851061044RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.