The Wayside House of Hamilton
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 119289940RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,318,370) as filed with the CRA.
The Wayside House of Hamilton is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $2.7M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $578K.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Residential treatment for men including group counselling which addresses alcohol and drug addiction life skilled training relapse prevention and discharge planning. Support services include meals transportation and education. Wayside has 24 residential beds and 30 supportive units in the community for supportive housing. Provide a hepatitis c outreach and treatment team for clients living with or affected by the hcv virus
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.3M | $2.2M | $7,876 | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $52K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $45K | — | $962K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $39K | — | $820K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $726K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $578K from 14 charities:
- James A. Burton and Family Foundation$100K
- Mary and Gordon Christopher Foundation$100K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$72K
- Canadahelps Canadon$64K
- Canadahelps Canadon$64K
- The Allen and Milli Gould Family Foundation$60K
- Toronto Foundation$50K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$50K
- Foundation for Human Development$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,239
- Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Employees Charity Trust Project Concern$1,500
- National Steel Car Limited Employees Charitable Donation Fund$500
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$44
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Watt (director); Charles Robertson (director); Anthony Volpe (director); Ford Conlin (director); John Hartnett (director); Joey Temprile (director); Khang Nguyen (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Wayside House of Hamilton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119289940RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.