Student Open Circles
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 891444309RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($175,681) as filed with the CRA.
Student Open Circles is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $158K in revenue and $176K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 73% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $156K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Social outreach Religious fellowship and related activities Volunteer coordinating
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $158K | $176K | $176K | — | — | $75K |
| 2023 | $123K | $151K | — | — | — | $93K |
| 2022 | $170K | $155K | — | — | — | $121K |
| 2021 | $199K | $147K | — | — | — | $106K |
| 2020 | $128K | $110K | $89K | $2,458 | — | $54K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $156K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$161K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sonika Kainth (vice-chair); Emilie Rayner (secretary); David Wilkinson (director); Robert Cockcroft (chair); Clare De Souza (director); Dave Heidebrecht (director); Rodrigo Narro Pérez (director); Yufei Zheng (director); Paul Jung (director); Stephanie Koehl (director); Rebecca Tanouye (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Student Open Circles’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891444309RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.