Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness in London
Publicly funded institution · London, Ontario · BN 859628851RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,417,324) as filed with the CRA.
Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness in London is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $2.4M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 60% from government, 18% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $406K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The charity's purpose is to relieve poverty and homelessness in the city of London by establishing operating and maintaining shelters as well as providing counselling and other programs for various people.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.2M | $148K | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $89K | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $154K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $97K | $2,500 | $961K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $79K | — | $841K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $406K from 25 charities:
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$130K
- London Community Foundation$95K
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- The Lawson Foundation$15K
- Cambia Development Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,000
- Fondation RONA$5,712
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- The Mitchell and Kathryn Baran Family Foundation$5,000
- Toronto Foundation$5,000
- Fondation RONA$4,189
- BenefAction Foundation$3,500
- The Law Society Foundation$3,500
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$3,477
- Canada Gives$2,000
- New St. James Presbyterian Church$1,100
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,090
- WCPD Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$431
- Goodwill Industries Ontario Great Lakes$357
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$211
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dirka Prout (chair); Michael McGregor (director); Paula Lombardi (secretary); Selvin Mejia (director); Bronagh Morgan (director); Bill Madder (director); Patrick Mahon (director); Joanna Redden (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness in London’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859628851RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.