Welcoming Arms
Charitable organization · Aurora, Ontario · BN 803929652RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($266,516) as filed with the CRA.
Welcoming Arms is a charitable organization based in Aurora, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $290K in revenue and $267K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from donations, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $110K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Outreach program for those in need within the aurora community by providing minor monetary assistance and household items.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $290K | $267K | — | — | — | $351K |
| 2023 | $177K | $161K | $161K | — | — | $327K |
| 2022 | $173K | $127K | $127K | — | — | $309K |
| 2021 | $195K | $96K | $96K | — | — | $262K |
| 2020 | $209K | $117K | — | — | — | $163K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $110K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$82K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barb Allan (board member); Gisele Bedard (board member); Pat Coangelo (board member); Alison Collins-Mrakas (board member); Andy Comar (board member); Isabel Payne (board member); Margot Secord (board member); Denyse Slack (board member); Doug Steele (board member); Jonathan Tucker (treasurer); Desiree Althouse (board member); Stephen Knowles (board member); Andrea Webb (board member); Brad Coates (community member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Welcoming Arms’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803929652RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.