Immigrants Working Centre (Hamilton)
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 132518192RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,466,412) as filed with the CRA.
Immigrants Working Centre (Hamilton) 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 $5.7M in revenue and $5.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $140K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 84 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Our programs include: orientation & settlement services-receive support and unique settlement plans through counselling and information sessions in over 16 different languages. Employment services-target your resume enhance your job search skills and master the interview to prepare for the canadian workforce and receive trades equivalency licensing support! Linc to work-improve your english reading writing listening and speaking skills. Build confidence and knowledge about workplace language and canadian workplace culture. Imc academy-work on clbs and earn high school credits towards …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.7M | $5.5M | $5.3M | — | — | $862K |
| 2023 | $5.1M | $5M | $4.8M | — | — | $670K |
| 2022 | $5.5M | $5.3M | $5.2M | — | — | $574K |
| 2021 | $4.7M | $4.7M | $4.5M | — | — | $607K |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $4.1M | $4M | — | — | $350K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $140K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99943 positions
- $1–39,99939 positions
- Permanent full-time positions84
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heino Doessing (director); Robert Andrews (director); Vagish Sharma (director); Natalie Charette (director); Girgenti Daniella (director); Zahra Ahmed Abdullah (director); Conny Lo (director); Blake McCall (chair); Nidhi Nagori (director); Noor Akhtar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Immigrants Working Centre (Hamilton)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132518192RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.