International Railroad for Queer Refugees
Charitable organization · Oshawa, Ontario · BN 848606067RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
International Railroad for Queer Refugees is a charitable organization based in Oshawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $8,687 in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,582.
None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $28K in 2020 to $8,687 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Safe House and Emergency Relief Fund (SHER) program to relieve poverty for LGBT refugees living in Turkey by providing the basic necessities of life such as food shelter clothing and etc. as well as our general refugee program and undertaking activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of our charitable purposes. Sponsorship Program to relieve poverty by sponsoring providing financial and resettlement assistance to LGBT refugees in Turkey who have fled because of persecution for their sexual orientation or gender identification and as victims of human rights abuses
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8,687 | — | $3,326 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $7,398 | — | $5,327 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $98K | $86K | $86K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $13K | $19K | $19K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $28K | $26K | $20K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,582 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$15K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stuart Bustard (president and treasurer); Robert Sabuda (secretary); Borga Dorter (general board member); Samaneh Riazi-Arasi (general board member); Tad Munnings (general board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from International Railroad for Queer Refugees’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848606067RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.