Barristers for a Better Bytown
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 829702190RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($33,821) as filed with the CRA.
Barristers for a Better Bytown is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $29K in revenue and $34K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $864.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $15K to Cornerstone Housing For Women. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11K in 2020 to $29K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Donations were made to organizations previously supported including : 1) cornerstone housing for women to support the furnishing and completion of one of their apartments at their new building located at 44 eccles to allow them to support additional unhoused women 20 local food banks to support the purchase of food to low income families. Food banks included : gloucestor emergency food cupboard debra dynes famil house st. Joe's supper talbe vanier community services centre - partage vanier and dalhousie food action group
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29K | $34K | $3,743 | — | $30K | — |
| 2023 | $27K | $14K | $1,637 | — | $12K | — |
| 2022 | $18K | $18K | $2,209 | — | $16K | — |
| 2021 | $18K | $18K | — | — | $18K | — |
| 2020 | $11K | $24K | $1,290 | — | $23K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 8 qualified donees:
- Cornerstone Housing For Women$15K
- Collaborative Justice Program:Restorative Justice Ottawa$2,500
- Ottawa Shooting Stars Youth Basketball - Get in the Game...$2,500
- Gloucester Community Food Centre / Centre Communautaire Alimentaire de Gloucester$2,000
- Dalhousie Food Action Group Inc$2,000
- Centre des Services Communautaires de Vanier/vanier Community Service Centre$2,000
- Oblates of Mary Immaculate$2,000
- Debra Dynes Family House$2,000
Received $864 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Ho (director); Kimberly Hyslop (director); Solomon Friedman (director); Michael Johnston (director); Mark Ertel (director); Brigid Luke (director); Margaret Jarmoc (director); Justis Danto-Clancy (director); Tasha Bobrovitz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Barristers for a Better Bytown’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829702190RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.