Centretown Churches Social Action Committee (ccsac)
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 826360661RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($361,420) as filed with the CRA.
Centretown Churches Social Action Committee (ccsac) 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 $435K in revenue and $361K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $311K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $11K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to YMCA of National Capital Region. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 21 names.
In its own words
Centretown churches social action committee (ccsac) operates the centretown community food centre which is a food bank serving those in need in central ottawa. In 2024 over 18 000 individuals were served an increase of 46% over 2023. Ccsac also provides funds and supplies to small charities that serve the vulnerable in central ottawa.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $435K | $361K | $279K | $2,579 | $11K | — |
| 2023 | $350K | $493K | $438K | $1,677 | $4,665 | $436K |
| 2022 | $346K | $261K | $213K | $1,338 | $3,250 | $579K |
| 2021 | $311K | $226K | $189K | $656 | $2,261 | $499K |
| 2020 | $411K | $232K | — | $340 | — | $417K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11K to 7 qualified donees:
- YMCA of National Capital Region$5,000
- Ottawa Innercity Ministries$1,981
- Bruce House$1,000
- The Odawa Native Friendship Centre$1,000
- Centre 507 Association of Ottawa$981
- Knights of Coiumbus 17476$800
- Fourth Avenue Baptist Church$490
Received $311K from 22 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$82K
- Canadahelps Canadon$82K
- BT Sullivan Family Foundation$50K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$35K
- Canada Gives$20K
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$7,948
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,000
- St Peter and St Paul's Anglican Church Ottawa$3,600
- Knox Presbyterian Church$3,588
- ST Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church$3,500
- BenefAction Foundation$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
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board$1,577
- Charitable Foundation$1,500
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$1,500
- Oblates of Mary Immaculate$1,500
- ST Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church$1,500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,426
- Ottawa Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends Quakers$1,205
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$1,200
- GivingForce Foundation Canada$1,000
- Southminster United Church$860
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$123K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristine Burr (chair); Emmy Verdun (vice-chair and treasurer); Mary Mussell (co-secretary); Elizabeth Demaray (co-secretary); Doreen Barnes (director); Anisha Eipe (director); Joan Fletcher (director); Marilyn Hamilton (director); Elizabeth Kent (director); Christine Kincaid (director); Lorna Kingston (director); Heather McFaden (director); Patricia Marsden-Dole (director); Yvonne Moses (director); Terence Nelligan (director); Marilyn Rennick (director); Rob Sheffield (director); Charles Tau (director); Kris Wilson-Yang (director); Stan Currie (director); Frank Deehan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centretown Churches Social Action Committee (ccsac)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 826360661RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.