Amethyst Women's Addiction Centre
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 106707953RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,085,861) as filed with the CRA.
Amethyst Women's Addiction Centre is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To provide treatment of women who have alcohol drug and gambling dependencies. To provide public education on the subject of women and drugs alcohol and gambling dependencies. To provide group treatment for sexual abuse. To provide a children's program for children who have parents with alcohol drug or gambling dependencies. To provide treatment for homeless women (concurrent disorders). To provide early childhood education and development. To provide play therapy for children while parents have a group or appointment. To provide a relapse prevention program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $899K | — | — | $369K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $870K | — | — | $346K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $883K | — | — | $337K |
| 2021 | $1M | $1M | $857K | — | — | $320K |
| 2020 | $1M | $1M | $855K | — | — | $308K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $38K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$896K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Keren Gottfried (co-chair treasurer); Alexanne Stewart (secretary); Nives ILIC (co-chair); Odessa O'Dell (director); Zyeleika McTague (director); Annie Wiggins (director); Jegbe Oberaifo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Amethyst Women's Addiction Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106707953RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.