Local 444 Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund
Private foundation · Windsor, Ontario · BN 893993196RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($271,993) as filed with the CRA.
Local 444 Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund is a private foundation based in Windsor, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $275K in revenue and $272K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 28 qualified donees totalling $212K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The organization awards grants to other qualified donees which are registered charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $275K | $272K | — | — | $270K | $3,591 |
| 2023 | $250K | $249K | $32K | — | $215K | $505 |
| 2022 | $251K | $267K | $41K | — | $224K | -$961 |
| 2021 | $250K | $255K | $20K | — | $231K | $15K |
| 2020 | $251K | $231K | $46K | — | $185K | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $212K to 28 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation$50K
- The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation Learning Centre for Windsor Inc.$25K
- The Sandwich Teen Action Group$18K
- The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County Inc.$15K
- Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare Foundation$13K
- In Honour of the Ones We Love Inc.$10K
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$10K
- Oneday Dreams$10K
- Hiatus House$7,400
- Windsor Pride Community$7,000
- Canadian Mental Health Association Windsor-Essex County Branch$5,500
- Welcome Centre Shelter for Women$5,000
- Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Autism Society Ontario$5,000
- House of Sophrosyne$3,000
- Windsor/essex County Humane Society$2,500
- Build a Dream to Empower Women$2,500
- Windsor Optimist Youth Band$2,500
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$2,500
- Essex Area Food Bank$2,500
- Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor Inc.$2,300
- Julien Gaudet's House$2,250
- Connections An Early Years Family Centre Inc.$2,000
- Parkinsons Society of Southwestern Onta$1,500
- GR8 Day - Crossroads Addiction Recovery Support$1,250
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Stewart (treasurer); Darryl Desjarlais (vice-president); Michael D'Agnolo (vice president); Manuel Cardoso (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Local 444 Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893993196RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.