Children's Aid Foundation of Ottawa
Public foundation · Gloucester, Ontario · BN 897546735RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,295,729) as filed with the CRA.
Children's Aid Foundation of Ottawa is a public foundation based in Gloucester, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.4M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $185K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $450K in 2024, the largest being $432K to The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa/la Societe de l'Aide a l'Enfance d'Ottawa. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $6.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Bursary programs - tuition for youth in-care or who have been in-care cookie jar/miracle fund: financial assistance for sports recreational and cultural opportunities as well as basic necessities. Camps - allows children to participate in camps that are not available through other means of funding. Youth transition programs - provides resources and support for youth who are leaving or have already left the foster care system.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.4M | $1.3M | $388K | $178K | $450K | $6.4M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $261K | $206K | $434K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $23K | $165K | $348K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1M | $1.1M | $34K | $60K | $443K | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $662K | $218K | $60K | $109K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $450K to 2 qualified donees:
- The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa/la Societe de l'Aide a l'Enfance d'Ottawa$432K
- Foster Care Transition Program$19K
Received $185K from 25 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$29K
- Taggart Parkes Foundation$25K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$15K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$15K
- The Minto Greenberg Legacy Foundation$15K
- WCPD Foundation$12K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$11K
- OSEG Foundation$10K
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$10K
- The Matt Foundation$10K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$10K
- The George Lunan Foundation$5,000
- Kids Up Front Foundation (Ottawa)$4,953
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,846
- The Harry P Ward Foundation/la Fondation Harry P Ward$3,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,471
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,696
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board$805
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$114
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$40
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$247K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tom Batchellor; James Blanchard (president); Laura-Lee Brenneman; Darlene Carreau; Jayna Carter; Jim Carty; Ryan Dube; John Haralovich (treasurer); Bob Huggins; Karine Jackson; Anna Lynch; Tanner O'Neil; Derek Thuillard; Kelsea Towell; Justine Whitehead.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Children's Aid Foundation of Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897546735RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.