Hiatus House
Publicly funded institution · Windsor, Ontario · BN 129209300RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,829,109) as filed with the CRA.
Hiatus House is a charitable organization based in Windsor, 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 $4.5M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $202K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 33 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
We operate and provide 24/7 emergency shelter and crisis intervention services to abused women and children. Our program include group counseling to women children and men; counseling to chil witnesses of domestic violence; school-based programs; and transitional housing support services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.5M | $3.8M | $3.4M | $66K | — | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $4.6M | $3.9M | $3.4M | $54K | — | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $4.2M | $3.8M | $3.5M | $25K | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.5M | $2.9M | $3.1M | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2.9M | $24K | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $202K from 27 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$63K
- Aqueduct Foundation$28K
- The Basilian Fathers of Sandwich in Ontario$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- BenefAction Foundation$11K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$9,145
- Local 444 Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund$7,400
- Vancouver Foundation$6,750
- Local 200 Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund$5,960
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$3,000
- The Foundation Office.ca$2,900
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,500
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,200
- Inspiration 9 Church$1,448
- Windsoressex Community Foundation$1,000
- Tecumseh Pastoral Charge$878
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$500
- University Community Church$430
- International Punjabi Cultural Heritage and Art Society$415
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$218
- Ruthven Pastoral Charge$100
- Epworth United Church$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions33
- Total compensation, all staff$2.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cathy Morrison (president); Susan Bryant (past president); Rosanna Kemsley (vice president); Lisa Lambkin (treasurer); Wendy Iatzko (secretary); Shirley Egan (past president/ director); Mannuel Cardoso (director); Paul Whited (director); Georgette Makhoul (director); Sylvie Guenther (ex-officio).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hiatus House’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129209300RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.