Community Addictions Peer Support Association of Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 849817838RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,841,072) as filed with the CRA.
Community Addictions Peer Support 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $53K.
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 18% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $603K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Capsa strive to empower individuals impacted by addiction by providing opportunities to integrate into the broader community through peer support initiatives and community engagement projects. We support all pathways to recovery and endeavour to collaborate with other organizations that provide services for those in need of help. In addition to delivering on-site education presentations to organizations across canada and publishing stigma content on the internet capsa orrganizes its annual recovery day community event in the month of september. Capsa's purpose in hosting the event is to help …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $851K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $874K |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.5M | $1.2M | — | — | $625K |
| 2021 | $701K | $583K | $367K | — | — | $185K |
| 2020 | $603K | $564K | $355K | — | — | $66K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $53K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrik Dion (chair); Marlo Taylor (vice chair); Christopher McGarrity (treasurer); Peter Irving (secretary); Yvon Lemire (director); Laurel Laurin (director); Papa Ladjiké Diouf (director); Rebecca Goertzen (director); Jeff W. Latimer (director); David Yazbeck (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Addictions Peer Support Association of Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849817838RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.