Debra Dynes Family House
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 860064914RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($450,974) as filed with the CRA.
Debra Dynes Family House 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $458K in revenue and $451K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 62% from government, 18% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $128K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Esl (literacy library) after four nutrition program homework club senior homework program kindergarten readiness food bank (emergency food bank good food box program collective kitchen and baby cupboard) parent outreach (clothes cupboard; baby bundles; literacy library perinatal program; emergency laundry help; sewing program) computer and internet access; sewing program; girls and boys life skills groups (youth drop-in drama).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $458K | $451K | $404K | — | — | $119K |
| 2023 | $552K | $531K | $486K | — | — | $128K |
| 2022 | $512K | $506K | $462K | — | — | $108K |
| 2021 | $570K | $552K | $478K | $13K | — | $101K |
| 2020 | $428K | $406K | $352K | $14K | — | $83K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $128K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- ST. Brigid's Summer Camp$25K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$20K
- The Fleck Family Foundation$13K
- OSEG Foundation$4,656
- Mazon Canada$3,500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$3,035
- Mind on Development$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
- Barristers for a Better Bytown$2,000
- Ottawa Horticultural Society$300
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$68
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$372K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lynn Brodie (vice chair); Titilope Kazeem-Oshinubi (director); Margaret Lederman (director); Kimberly Lovell (member); Melanie Moulongo (director); Peter Organ (house chair); Timofei Pchenitchnikov (treasurer); Christina Penalosa (director); Georgia Roberts (director); Isak Teare (member); Layal Yazbek (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Debra Dynes Family House’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860064914RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.