Luso Canadian Charitable Society
Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 860258649RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,072,834) as filed with the CRA.
Luso Canadian Charitable Society is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.6M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 8% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $317K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 59 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $4.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
Operate a community centre and provide day programs to develop life skills and independence for disable persons.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.6M | $4.1M | $3.1M | $447K | — | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $3.5M | $2.8M | $358K | — | $4.3M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.6M | $2.1M | $237K | — | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $145K | — | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $28K | — | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $317K from 10 charities:
- Liuna Local 183 Charitable Foundation$165K
- Greenrock Charitable Trust$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$35K
- Aqueduct Foundation$25K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$15K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$15K
- The Great Gulf Homes Charitable Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,086
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$653
- BenefAction Foundation$500
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 positions59
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joaquim Prazeres (president); Jose Botelho (vice president); Dante Digiovanni (secretary); Alfredo Pita (director); Bernardino Ferreira (director); Cesar Bras (director); Christine Rodrigues (director); David Mare (director); Erminio Oliveri (director); Filipe Morgado (director); Fortunato Manvati (director); Julio Dejesus (director); Nelson Cidade (director); Otilia Prazeres (director); Rui Ramos (director); John Da Costa (director); Fernando Alexandre (director); Filipe Ferreira (director); Daniel Padovani (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Luso Canadian Charitable Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860258649RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.