Vision of Hope Resource Centre
Publicly funded institution · Brampton, Ontario · BN 823779137RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($205,667) as filed with the CRA.
Vision of Hope Resource Centre is a charitable organization based in Brampton, 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 $235K in revenue and $206K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,100.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9,000 in 2020 to $235K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Seniors fun and games (light exercise and healthy lifestyles) community garden (seed to table-access to healthy food and improved health) youth council (youth 4u) youth making a difference in their community active aging seniors (improving lives of seniors and youth) through storytelling and cooking food security program: provide weekly healthy cultural food basket to vulnerable families.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $235K | $206K | $202K | — | — | $67K |
| 2023 | $232K | $232K | $216K | — | — | $9,313 |
| 2022 | $52K | $50K | $50K | — | — | $9,007 |
| 2021 | $64K | $64K | $64K | — | — | $6,915 |
| 2020 | $9,000 | $11K | — | — | — | $6,774 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,100 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$7,992
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cynthia Pommells (president); Nirmal Sekhon (vice president); Shellet Morrison (secretary); Preethiny Karalasingam; Anne Marie Ellsi-Bowen (treasurer); Samra Kuldwinder; Faith Carey; Cottean Lyttle; Susan Onyeobia; Hanna Ali.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vision of Hope Resource Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 823779137RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.