Housing Information Services of Windsor & Essex County Inc
Publicly funded institution · Windsor, Ontario · BN 886685239RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,678,464) as filed with the CRA.
Housing Information Services of Windsor & Essex County Inc is a charitable organization based in Windsor, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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, 2023, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $4.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $70K.
Compared with 799 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 48 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.7M in 2020 to $4.7M in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To assist individuals in locating suitable housing accomodations to enhance the social economic conditions of persons residing in the county of essex programs: city of windsor - rent supplement program city of windsor - keep the heat program employment and social development - families to success family services - housing first
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $4.7M | $4.7M | $4.2M | — | — | $278K |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.6M | $4.1M | — | — | $310K |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $4.5M | $3.8M | — | — | $350K |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.6M | — | — | $368K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $70K from 1 charity:
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
- $40,000–79,99930 positions
- Permanent full-time positions48
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Ken Lewenza (secretary); Gary Parent (treasurer); Ronald Reaume (director); Anna Angelidis (executive director); Earl Dugal (director); Alex Keeney (director); Dino Chiodo (president); Elaine Cline (director); Jack Robinson (director); David Cassidy (director); John D'Agnolo (director); Sandra Blair (tenant representative).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Housing Information Services of Windsor & Essex County Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886685239RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.