Luso Canadian Charitable Centres
Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 886984806RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,086,585) as filed with the CRA.
Luso Canadian Charitable Centres is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,474.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $440K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The portuguese support services for quality living (pssql) provides support services for mentally and/or physically challenged individuals and their families by organizing events and programs that allow individuals to integrate into the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $48K | $86K | — | $276K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.1M | $34K | $91K | $225K | $304K |
| 2022 | $841K | $786K | $28K | $58K | — | $409K |
| 2021 | $514K | $440K | $18K | $31K | — | $354K |
| 2020 | $440K | $487K | $420K | $45K | — | $280K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,474 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,99912 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$664K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maria Defatima Custodio (vice president); Isabel Rodrigues (secretary); Jose Botelho (president); Christina Dorigo (director); Cristina Santos (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Luso Canadian Charitable Centres’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886984806RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.