Centre 507 Association of Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118848472RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,510,084) as filed with the CRA.
Centre 507 Association of Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $160K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $522K in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Centre 507 is an adult drop-in centre (available during the daytime overnight and weekends) which collaborates with partners to provide healthy meals a welcoming community and access to resources.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.4M | $17K | — | $212K |
| 2023 | $822K | $852K | $852K | $7,311 | — | $174K |
| 2022 | $688K | $693K | — | — | — | $200K |
| 2021 | $643K | $649K | $543K | $11K | — | $188K |
| 2020 | $522K | $502K | $334K | $9,880 | — | $215K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $160K from 21 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- Eastern Ontario Outaouais Regional Council - The United Church of Canada$28K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$3,870
- Mackay United Church$3,000
- 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
- Centretown United Church$2,885
- Queenswood United Church$1,803
- ST Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church$1,700
- Westminster Presbyterian Church$1,145
- Centretown Churches Social Action Committee (ccsac)$981
- Orleans United Church$650
- Rideau Park United Church$600
- Riverside United Church$540
- First United Church$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$225
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$182
- Ashton United Church$142
- Southminster United Church$24
- Unity Church of Ottawa$10
- Jabez Blanket Ministry International—
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lynn ST-Germain (chair); Chantal ST-Germain (secretary); Joseph Bridges (treasurer); Matthew Bonsail (director); Donald Dawson (director); Lovish Sharma (director); Kelly Beaton (director); David Hemphill (director); David Reid (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre 507 Association of Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118848472RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.