Welcome Inn Community Centre of Hamilton
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 107690992RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,492,744) as filed with the CRA.
Welcome Inn Community Centre of Hamilton is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 7% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $791K in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Together with community members in Hamilton’s north end Welcome Inn Community Centre works to alleviate poverty loneliness and marginalization by offering supportive relationships promoting wellness and providing capacity-building opportunities. Welcome Inn currently has four program areas and all four program areas are designed to foster wellness in eight key areas: emotional physical social financial intellectual occupational environmental and spiritual wellness Children’s Programs: •Learning and Fun Afterschool Program: The LAF program is designed to provide academic supports …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $1,129 | — | $330K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1,939 | — | $352K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $4,272 | — | $330K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $346K |
| 2020 | $791K | $818K | $744K | $478 | — | $336K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2M from 18 charities:
- Greater Hamilton Food Share$1.6M
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$102K
- Canadahelps Canadon$85K
- Canadahelps Canadon$85K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$76K
- The Allen and Milli Gould Family Foundation$30K
- Aqueduct Foundation$19K
- Hamilton Mennonite Church$11K
- Foundation for Human Development$10K
- Bob and Peggy Savage Foundation$5,000
- Mazon Canada$2,840
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie$2,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,500
- Abundance Canada$1,933
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,526
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,120
- City Kidz Ministry$900
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$713
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$507K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tom Geiger (chairman); Leah Schwenger (vice chair); David Dutchak (treasurer); Peggy Savage (director); Joanne Roth (secretary); James Vanderberg (executive director); Harvey Bremer (director); Gladys Flores-Buesink (director); Dale McDonald (director); Lyndsy Baillie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Welcome Inn Community Centre of Hamilton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107690992RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.