Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118814565RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,573,804) as filed with the CRA.
Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $9.7M in revenue and $9.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 28% from government, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 39 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.7M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 58 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.9M in 2020 to $9.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
BGC Ottawa operates under four specific pillars of programming: Education; Physical Activity/Healthy Lifestyle; Leadership and Social Skills; and Creative Arts. These pillars are comprehensive and encapsulate the overarching goal of social skills development to build strong and engaged community members. Programs are targeted to children and youth ages 6 to 18 across 4 main clubhouse hubs and additional satellite locations. Additional programs and services include an aquatics program a summer overnight camp (Camp Smitty) the Provincial Youth Outreach Worker (PYOW) program Ottawa Community Y…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.7M | $9.6M | $7.1M | $825K | $0 | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $9.7M | $9.7M | $7.4M | $663K | — | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $8.7M | — | — | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $7.2M | — | — | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $5.9M | $5.7M | $4.5M | $680K | — | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.7M from 39 charities:
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$414K
- Canadahelps Canadon$369K
- Canadahelps Canadon$369K
- ST. Brigid's Summer Camp$300K
- Taggart Parkes Foundation$255K
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada/Les repaires jeunesse du Canada$186K
- The Leacross Foundation/La Fondation Leacross$150K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$121K
- The Snowsuit Fund/Le fonds habineige$110K
- BenefAction Foundation$105K
- RJL Braydon Charitable Foundation$100K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$66K
- Paldos Charitable Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$39K
- Kids Up Front Foundation (Ottawa)$19K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$10K
- The Matt Foundation$10K
- WCPD Foundation$8,900
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,400
- Aqueduct Foundation$6,000
- Conam Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Labarge Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Robert Campeau Family Foundation$3,000
- Starlight Children's Foundation Canada$2,963
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions58
- Total compensation, all staff$6.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Beckta (emeritus); Michelle Taggart (director); Robyn Osgood (chair); Derek Noble (director); Graham Macmillan (emeritus); Blaine Fitzgerald (treasurer); Michelle Ward (director); Michael Tshimanga (director); Judi Shum-Mousseau (director); Robert Rheaume (director); Farhana Alarakhiya (director); Craig Robinson (director); Aisha Sherazi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118814565RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.