Threshold School of Building
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 875130619RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($779,909) as filed with the CRA.
Threshold School of Building is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $748K in revenue and $780K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 68% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $109K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $500 in 2024, the largest being $500 to United Way Golden Horseshoe. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Education - providing house building and home maintenance courses for the general public. Instruction takes place at both the school and on site. At risk youth training - an intensive training program taking place both at the school and on site. Employment is the goal at the end of the program. Past history has shown close to 100% placements. Social enterprise - deck and fence building. Provides work placement and experience for graduates of the training program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $748K | $780K | $645K | — | $500 | $43K |
| 2023 | $850K | $820K | $696K | — | — | $75K |
| 2022 | $698K | $713K | $593K | — | — | $45K |
| 2021 | $679K | $664K | $548K | — | — | $61K |
| 2020 | $704K | $697K | $573K | — | $834 | $46K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $109K from 4 charities:
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$571K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Phil Bender (vice chair); Suzanne Brown (chair); Lynn Foye (secretary); Suzanne Hampson (director); Silky Handa (treasurer); Esther Link (director); Suzanne Muir (director); Mike O'Hagan (director); Rashpal Thind (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Threshold School of Building’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875130619RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.