L'Arche Hamilton
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 131916488RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,657,768) as filed with the CRA.
L'Arche Hamilton is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, 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 $3.7M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
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 48% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
L'arche hamilton was established to provide residential services to adults with developmental disabilities. The organization offers programs at the following locations: 1. Residence program - 78 sherman avenue hamilton ontario 2. Residence program - 116 holton avenue s hamilton ontario 3. Residence program - 103 fairholt road s hamilton ontario 4. Residence program - 64 fairholt road s hamilton ontario 5. Dayprogram - 664 main street e hamilton ontario and 842 main st e hamilton ontario 6. Supported independent living program - 85 dunsmure road hamilton ontario 7. Coffeeho…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.7M | $3.3M | $28K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.4M | $3.1M | $28K | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3.1M | $36K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2.8M | $6,462 | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.5M | $13K | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $32K from 9 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$12K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$7,840
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,525
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,040
- The Allen and Milli Gould Family Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$298
- Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario$25
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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 positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ashrita D'Mello (director); John Hewson (director); Bernadette Homerski (secretary); Louise Lachowskyj (director); Mike Perron (director); Brenna Sekerak (director); David Shea (chair); Sharon White (treasurer); Heahter Whitehouse (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from L'Arche Hamilton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131916488RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.