Neighbour to Neighbour Centre (hamilton)
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 119053130RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,472,587) as filed with the CRA.
Neighbour to Neighbour Centre (hamilton) is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $6.6M in revenue and $6.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations, 8% from government. In 2024, 48 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.4M.
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 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
NEIGHBOUR TO NEIGHBOUR CENTRE (HAMILTON) RUNS A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS WITH THE PURPOSE TO ALLEVIATE AND PREVENT POVERTY BY SUPPORTING NEIGHBOURS AT RISK: [i] - THE HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOOD CENTRE (HCFC) IS A WELCOMING AND SAFE COMMUNITY SPACE OFFERING FOOD-BASED PROGRAMS THAT BRING EVERYONE TOEGETHER TO GROW COOK SHARE AND ADVOCATE FOR GOOD FOOD. [ii] - THE FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAM INCLUDES (1)COMMUNITY COUNSELLING WHICH HELPS THE COMMUNITY ACESSS THE SERVICES AT NEIGHBOUR TO NEIGHBOUR CENTRE (N2N) AND PROVIDES REFERRALS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY.(2) SETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE TO NEWCOMERS O…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.6M | $6.5M | $5.3M | $407K | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $5.9M | $5.8M | $4.6M | $437K | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $4.7M | $3.7M | $270K | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $4.6M | $4.1M | $3.3M | $258K | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $4.6M | $3.7M | $249K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.4M from 48 charities:
- Greater Hamilton Food Share$1.6M
- Right To Food$276K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$104K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$91K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$61K
- Canadahelps Canadon$46K
- Canadahelps Canadon$46K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$33K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$20K
- Dofasco Employee Donations Fund Dofasco Inc.$15K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$14K
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$10K
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$10K
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Meadowlands Fellowship Christian Reformed Church$8,159
- Immanuel Christian Reformed Church of Hamilton$7,356
- The Cowan Foundation$5,000
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- The Guelph Community Foundation$5,000
- Chedoke Presbyterian Church$4,730
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$3,791
- Kelly Dunham Memorial Foundation$2,500
- Columbia International Scholarship Endowment Fund$2,000
- Mount Hope Community Christian Reformed Church$1,935
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
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alicia Au (director); Andrew Brown (director); Nick Davies (secretary); Ann Higgins (director); Dan Holstein (president); Lorraine Hoult (director); Stephanie Johnston (vice president); George Kalacherry (director); Steve Kartonchik (past president); Joan Nelson (director); Kristina Santone (director); Natalie Shearer (director); Joti Vallabh (treasurer); Chris White (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Neighbour to Neighbour Centre (hamilton)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119053130RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.