Project Abraham
Publicly funded institution · Markham, Ontario · BN 784379281RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($588,402) as filed with the CRA.
Project Abraham is a charitable organization based in Markham, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $631K in revenue and $588K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $41K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $399K in 2020 to $631K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The provision of settlement and integration support services - ongoing for the past seven years our primary function; - it includes both privately-sponsored and government-assisted refugees. 1. Yezidi education support (yes) and computer literacy program - 5 years funding by ircc starting from april 2020; 2. Td homework club-3 years funding from toronto dominion bank starting from september 1 2021; 3. Yes extended teching program - london ontario; 4. Settlement services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $631K | $588K | $528K | — | — | $40K |
| 2023 | $727K | $742K | $383K | — | — | -$2,449 |
| 2022 | $672K | $678K | $394K | — | — | $13K |
| 2021 | $461K | $531K | $349K | — | — | $18K |
| 2020 | $399K | $305K | $184K | — | — | $87K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $41K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$283K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Emmanuel Didier (director); Alan Frank (director); Deborah Glatter (director); Mohammed Irshad (treasurer); David Kornhauser (secretary); Helen Latimer (executive director); Noah Morris (director); Ellen Passmore (director); David Taylor (director); Anat Wertheim (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Project Abraham’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 784379281RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.