Lynwood Charlton Centre
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 130533375RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,542,399) as filed with the CRA.
Lynwood Charlton Centre 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 $13.5M in revenue and $13.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 123 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.8M in 2020 to $13.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provided a variety of mental health service programs for emotionally and behaviourally disturbed chidlren between the ages of 6 and 18 and their families. Such programs include community based residential programs day treatment and foster care programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.5M | $13.5M | $12.5M | $29K | — | $942K |
| 2023 | $12.5M | $12.5M | $12.5M | $23K | — | $968K |
| 2022 | $10M | $10.1M | $9.4M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $10.6M | $10.7M | $10.2M | $5,549 | — | $841K |
| 2020 | $8.8M | $8.9M | $8.5M | $8,027 | — | $868K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 2 charities:
- Hamilton Community Foundation$8,831
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,758
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions123
- Total compensation, all staff$8.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ghanwa Afach (secretary); Kojo Afari (director); Dan Banko (director); Melissa Groves (director); Pheroze Jeejeebhoy (president); Kim Ann Laush (director); Denise Williams (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lynwood Charlton Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130533375RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.