The Dam
Publicly funded institution · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 889327466RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,242,328) as filed with the CRA.
The Dam is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 51% from government, 37% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $333K.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $781K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The dam's mission is partnering with youth in mississauga tocreate inclusive community where all are welcome valuedand respected towards the vision where youth are empowered to discover theirworth enabling them to grow and thrive in their community the dam's programs include: 1. Daily drop-in programs 2. Lunch and dinner programs 3. Volunteer connections / opportunities 4. Development programs including but not limited to creative arts vocational skills development life-skillstraining support groups for girls boys and lgbtq and healthy relationship skills building.5. Mentoring 6. Recr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $77K | — | $216K |
| 2023 | $966K | $1.1M | $950K | $54K | — | $166K |
| 2022 | $895K | $979K | $844K | $56K | — | $287K |
| 2021 | $980K | $821K | $715K | $42K | — | $371K |
| 2020 | $781K | $792K | $698K | $43K | — | $212K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $333K from 22 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$140K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$48K
- Food Banks Mississauga$41K
- The Charis Foundation$20K
- Community Christian Reformed Church of Meadowvale$17K
- Abundance Canada$11K
- Mississauga Foundation$11K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,874
- Trinity Church$6,500
- The Guelph Community Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,959
- Vancouver Foundation$4,050
- Mississauga Fire Fighters Benevolent Fund$3,500
- Evig Foundation$3,000
- Dixie Presbyterian Church$2,715
- Maranatha Foundation$2,500
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Toronto Foundation$1,000
- The Meeting House Church Family$417
- Glenbrook Presbyterian Church$298
- Streetsville United Church$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$94
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$792K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Sequeira (chairman); Alison Hardman (secretary); John Sully (treasurer); Jelena Momirov (vice chair); Jim Raakman (director); Melanie Ty (director); Jabari Lindsay (director); Andrea Takudzwa (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Dam’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889327466RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.