Dovercourt Recreation Association
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119444263RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,990,509) as filed with the CRA.
Dovercourt Recreation Association is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.9M in revenue and $6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,552.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.8M in 2020 to $5.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Provide recreational opportunities and public amentities for westboro and area. Programs include aquatics fitness children`s programs - after school care and camps recreation health improvement and professional development. Offer a program ( wave) for young adults with disabilities which attempts to find work/ wolunteer placements as well as raising awareness. Dra provides significant employment opportunities and supports comprehensice assisted volunteer programs. Programs are accessible to all and subsidized spaces/programs are available to those facing fianancial barriers. Financial ass…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.9M | $6M | $5.4M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $5.2M | $4.7M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $4.4M | $3.9M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3M | $2.5M | — | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $3.3M | $3M | — | — | $393K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,552 from 2 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
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$4.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Greg Boddy (treasurer); Alison Bourgon (director); Derek Jackson (director); Meg Ogden (secretary); Jude Pattenden (vice president); Gabriel Zuniga (director); Joanne Dobson (director); Matthew Lynch (chairperson/president); Ethan McMonogle (director); Michael Podgorski (director); Stefano Raciti (director); Alison Spiers (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dovercourt Recreation Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119444263RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.