Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 108079815RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,766,048) as filed with the CRA.
Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $1.9M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 82% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $241K.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 43 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
24/7 Telephone Crisis Line providing Mental Health Supports Crisis Intervention active listening and information and referral. We serve Ottawa and area Champlain District of Eastern Ontario Grey Bruce Owen sound Northwest Territories and Nunavut and West Quebec. We are a confidential agency with no restrictions of access or fees to our clients.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.3M | — | — | $603K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.2M | — | — | $509K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $508K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $0 | $5,000 | $412K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1M | $35K | — | $257K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $241K from 13 charities:
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$112K
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- KSBK Charitable Foundation$15K
- Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living$7,589
- The Robert Campeau Family Foundation$5,500
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$3,300
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,022
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$876
- Abundance Canada$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$144
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$129
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions43
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Judy Grunwald (financial advisor); Charles Laframboise (executive director); Juliet McMurren (director); Cesar Ndema-Moussa (director); Ellie labaky (vice president); Nicole Storm (director); Brian Mangan (director); Michelle James (director); Roxanne Anderson (treasurer); Matthew Triemstra (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108079815RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.