The Industry-Education Council (hamilton-Wentworth)
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 119238319RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,122,089) as filed with the CRA.
The Industry-Education Council (hamilton-Wentworth) is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 $2.2M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $60K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $460K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
1. Speakers Bureau - a service that connects employers to elementary and secondary schools in Hamilton. It provides studentsexposure to jobs and occupations – experiences that can inspire career choices. 2. Career Mentorship - This program recruits volunteer mentors from different walks of lives to provide experiential learning opportunities for young people within our community. 3. Edge Factor - This partnership will enable the IEC to leverage relevant and contextual career information created cinematically and focused on Hamilton companies to help inform Hamilton youth and job seekers about…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2M | $11K | — | $206K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $10K | — | $172K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $9,804 | — | $139K |
| 2021 | $425K | $378K | $257K | $9,583 | — | $142K |
| 2020 | $460K | $448K | $265K | $9,394 | — | $65K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $60K from 1 charity:
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$511K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Armstrong (past chair); Dean Difrancesco (director); Hamza Habbal (director); David Hansen (director); Bruce Wilson (director); Karen Linseman (vice chair); Erin Simon (director); Michael Hindley (treasurer); Jennifer Patterson (director); Michelle Lemaire (director); Gisela Oliveira (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Industry-Education Council (hamilton-Wentworth)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119238319RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.