Causeway Work Centre
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 106880883RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,323,823) as filed with the CRA.
Causeway Work Centre is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $4.2M in revenue and $4.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $199K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 37 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Employment Supports - provides support services and assistance to persons with mental illness and barriers to employment to find employment. Youth Program - provides youth with a structured program with assistance in seeking employment through work placement/employment opportunities. Self-Employment - provides support and assistance to persons seeking self-employment with business plans and small loans through third party. Social Enterprises - four social enterprises offering employment skills and training to move into comparable employment in the community. Needlehunters/Needle-Pick-up - sp…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $4.3M | $3.7M | $12K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $4M | $4.3M | $3.7M | $17K | $0 | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.9M | $3.4M | $55K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $3.3M | $2.8M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | — | — | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $199K from 8 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$66K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$53K
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$6,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,504
- Rotary Club of Nepean-Kanata Service Fund$1,500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$40
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions37
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Willetts (past president); Judy Cameron (treasurer); Michael Brownell (officer); Anna Abraham (officer); Louise Boudreau (president); Kate Faughnan (officer); Oksana Kishchuk (officer); Ricci Sandro (officer); Kylie Patrick (officer); Michael DesLauriers (officer); Michael Burns (officer); Alison Newson (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Causeway Work Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106880883RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.