Caldwell Family Centre Inc./centre Familial Caldwell Inc.
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 106897747RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,144,439) as filed with the CRA.
Caldwell Family Centre Inc./centre Familial Caldwell Inc. 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 31% from government, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $233K.
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 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Caldwell Family Centre provides Food Security programs including a food bank breakfast and lunch Christmas hampers and gift cards. Other programs include: Drop-in Centre; Access to computers phone fax printers; second-hand store; School supply and clothing programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $826K | $119K | — | $217K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $798K | $85K | — | $116K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $614K | $67K | — | $116K |
| 2021 | $956K | $990K | $837K | $61K | — | $145K |
| 2020 | $867K | $762K | $614K | $67K | — | $179K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $233K from 28 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$54K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Trinity United Church$15K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$11K
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Canada$10K
- Calvin Christian Reformed Church of Ottawa$8,009
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$7,200
- Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church$5,810
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,134
- OSEG Foundation$5,000
- Rotary Club of Nepean-Kanata Service Fund$5,000
- Mazon Canada$4,700
- The Eastern Ontario & Western Quebec Christmas Cheer Foundation/la Fondation Esprit de Noel de l'Est de l'Ontario et l'Ouest du Québec$2,900
- Abundance Canada$2,466
- Carp-Dunrobin Pastoral Charge$2,035
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$1,985
- Charitable Foundation$1,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,092
- Makeway Foundation$1,000
- Rotary Club of Ottawa Charity Fund$1,000
- Arbor Memorial Foundation$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Kitchissippi United Church$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$745K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Holliday (secretary); John Oatway (treasurer); Lianne Wright (president chair); Barbara Jill Wherrett (board member); Antonio Gioventu (director); Ahmet Kapici (director); Myriam Mekni (director); Drayton Mulindabigwi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Caldwell Family Centre Inc./centre Familial Caldwell Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106897747RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.