YMCA of Hamilton/burlington/brantford
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 108083825RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($74,946,262) as filed with the CRA.
YMCA of Hamilton/burlington/brantford is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $75.8M in revenue and $74.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from government. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $892K.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 908 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $15K in 2024, the largest being $15K to YMCA Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $40.5M in 2020 to $75.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The YMCA of Hamilton | Burlington | Brantford is a charitable organization helping people achieve personal growth in spirit mind and body through participation and service to the community. With a commitment to nurturing the potential of children teens and young adults promoting healthy living and fostering social responsibility the YMCA ensures that every individual has access to the essentials needed to learn grow and thrive. Through YMCA financial assistance programs the YMCA is accessible to all. Our core offerings include: Child Care Camping Aquatics Health and Fitness Educatio…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $75.8M | $74.9M | $68.6M | $1M | — | $25.6M |
| 2023 | $68.8M | $65.4M | $60.2M | $811K | — | $24.8M |
| 2022 | $53.9M | $59.1M | $53.6M | $621K | — | $21.4M |
| 2021 | $48.4M | $48M | $43.1M | $613K | — | $26M |
| 2020 | $40.5M | $43.5M | $39.3M | $441K | — | $25.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $15K to 1 qualified donee:
- YMCA Canada$15K
Received $892K from 27 charities:
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$183K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$134K
- RBC Foundation$100K
- Tachane Foundation Inc.$100K
- Patrick J McNally Charitable Foundation$100K
- The Joyce Family Foundation$80K
- Associa Cares Canada$50K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$40K
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Charity of Hope$10K
- Canada Gives$10K
- Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation$5,540
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- Sam and Roma Mercanti Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- JTC Heersink Foundation$5,000
- Stephen Smith & Dorothy Woltz Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,663
- Burlington Community Foundation$2,000
- The Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton$2,000
- YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg Inc.$1,000
- Toronto Foundation$1,000
- The Rotary Club of Brantford Sunrise$500
- United Way of Oxford$233
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions908
- Total compensation, all staff$51.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alyssa Lai (director); Paul Gibel (director); Yohana Otite (director); Manuel Figueiredo (president and ceo); Marie-Claude Evangelista (director); Danielle Law (director); Nicole Wagner (director); Grace Mater (director); Scott Rasmussen (director); Phil Reddon (director); Rochelle Reid (director); Nicki Glowacki (coo); Derek Bodden (senior vp of finance).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from YMCA of Hamilton/burlington/brantford’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108083825RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.