Homeless Cars
Public foundation · Stoney Creek, Ontario · BN 770123131RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($307,493) as filed with the CRA.
Homeless Cars is a public foundation based in Stoney Creek, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $346K in revenue and $307K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 146% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,455.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $45K in 2024, the largest being $9,655 to Ve'Ahavta. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $51K in 2020 to $346K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Homeless cars is a registered canadian charitable foundation dedicated to helping fund and eliminate homelessness and food insecurity by supporting a select few charities in the greater toronto and hamilton area ottawa area calgary and edmonton through the proceeds of donated vehicles.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $346K | $307K | $237K | — | $45K | $63K |
| 2023 | $342K | $336K | $264K | — | $46K | $25K |
| 2022 | $362K | $378K | $291K | — | $53K | $19K |
| 2021 | $401K | $361K | $245K | — | $98K | $36K |
| 2020 | $51K | $55K | $47K | — | $23K | -$4,031 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $45K to 12 qualified donees:
- Ve'Ahavta$9,655
- Seeds of Hope Foundation$6,505
- Siloam Mission Inc.$6,490
- North York Harvest Food Bank$6,105
- The Good Shepherd Centre Hamilton$2,800
- Hamilton Out of the Cold Program Coalition$2,755
- Interval House of Hamilton-Wentworth$2,630
- Faith Food Bank Society$1,825
- Calgary Alpha House Society$1,825
- Compass Point Bible Church$1,625
- Edmonton Gleaners Association$1,375
- The Boyle Street Service Society$1,330
Received $1,455 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,455
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$116K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Neil Mandel (director); Francis Smyth (director); Miah Kortekaas (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Homeless Cars’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 770123131RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.