The Handicapped Action Group Incorporated
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 118952266RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,359,251) as filed with the CRA.
The Handicapped Action Group Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from government.
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 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $75K in 2024, the largest being $69K to Wilderness Discovery Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The charity provides housing and administrative support to individuals with mobility impairments. In addition the charity provides opportunities for recreational outings and acts as an advocate on issues that affect the physically challenged.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $790K | $364K | $75K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $14.1M | $614K | $687K | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.2M | $467K | $633K | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.1M | $536K | $511K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $983K | $488K | $388K | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $75K to 5 qualified donees:
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$216K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tom Bryson (director); Bill Cavner (director); Gary Cooper (director); Paul Fox (director); Riley Hlady (president); Dave Koivisto (director); Ulysses Patola (director); Donna Wiitala (secretary); Joe Wood (director); Norm Baker (vice president); Colin Cook (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Handicapped Action Group Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118952266RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.