Counselling and Family Service Ottawa/ Service familial et counseling Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118841105RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,439,322) as filed with the CRA.
Counselling and Family Service Ottawa/ Service familial et counseling Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. 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 $2.5M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Counselling: provide counselling to individuals couples families offer groups & therapeutic groups. New directions: offer groups for individuals who have been abusive to their intimate partners & provide partner support. Vaw counselling: providing counselling/group support to francophone women who have experienced partner abuse. Vaw child witness program: provide gourp support to children who have witnessed their mothers abused by their partner. Vaw transitional housing support program: provide assistance and rsources to women & children leaving an abusive situation. Sexual a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.2M | $29 | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2.5M | $2.3M | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.1M | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2M | — | $150K | $0 |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.1M | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $32K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anne Margaret Finlayson (president); Anne Margaret Finlayson (treasurer); Sheridith Buck (director); Tara Chauhan (vice president & secretary); Erin Leigh (executive director); Yende-Ashiri Yvette (director); Pamela Twagirayezu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Counselling and Family Service Ottawa/ Service familial et counseling Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118841105RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.