Shifra Homes Inc.
Charitable organization · Burlington, Ontario · BN 808262471RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,003,452) as filed with the CRA.
Shifra Homes Inc. is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 11% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $814K.
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 32% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $572K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Shifra homes is a maternity residence for young pregnant women and teens. The homes provide accomodation and other support services to these individuals during their pregnancy child birth and a period after.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1M | $807K | $2,192 | — | $701K |
| 2023 | $922K | $839K | $692K | $4,815 | — | $484K |
| 2022 | $663K | $637K | $511K | $202 | — | $400K |
| 2021 | $613K | $489K | $346K | $152 | — | $374K |
| 2020 | $572K | $399K | $275K | $477 | — | $250K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $814K from 29 charities:
- The Freeburne Banting Foundation$350K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$128K
- Canadahelps Canadon$63K
- Canadahelps Canadon$63K
- Oakville Community Foundation$44K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$30K
- Burlington Community Foundation$22K
- JTC Heersink Foundation$15K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$13K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$10K
- The 1949 Foundation$10K
- In the Spirit Giving Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,041
- The May Court Club of Oakville$7,500
- The Fred and Jane Reinders Foundation$7,500
- Vancouver Foundation$5,400
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie$5,000
- The P & P Murray Foundation$5,000
- The Lawson Foundation$5,000
- Smith Family Foundation$5,000
- The Alix and Robert Jickling Foundation$4,000
- Lakemount Worship Centre$3,187
- Appleby United Church$500
- Burlington Helping Burlington$500
- Burlington Life Centre Inc.$250
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$439K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geoffrey Cauchi (president); Jordan Matters (treasurer); Heather-Anne McDougall (secretary); Antoinette Mendes de Franca (director); Joanne Matters (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shifra Homes Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 808262471RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.