Dress for Success Ottawa National Capital Region
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 809607658RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($538,436) as filed with the CRA.
Dress for Success Ottawa National Capital Region is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $550K in revenue and $538K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 12% from government, 41% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $152K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities 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 higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Providing professional wear to job-ready economically disadvantaged women for interview purposes and or start-up wardrobe if employed. Clients are referred by Ottawa area referral agencies. Volunteers provide services although booking is handled by staff. Dress rehearsal: Mock interviews program for job-ready economically disadvantaged women to prepare for interviews. Interviewers are all volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $550K | $538K | $450K | $35K | — | $223K |
| 2023 | $506K | $590K | $550K | $1,682 | — | $211K |
| 2022 | $502K | $446K | $392K | $4,189 | — | $363K |
| 2021 | $428K | $362K | $320K | $7,225 | — | $306K |
| 2020 | $405K | $297K | $217K | $883 | $7,232 | $240K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $152K from 12 charities:
- Dress for Success Canada Foundation$87K
- RBC Foundation$15K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- Canada Gives$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,442
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,256
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$4,146
- The Robert Campeau Family Foundation$4,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$3,875
- BenefAction Foundation$2,500
- The Harry P Ward Foundation/la Fondation Harry P Ward$2,000
- WCPD Foundation$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$375K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rhiannon Andrews (chair); Josee Guibord (vice chair); Megan Bloskie (treasurer); Lynette Corcino (director); Stacey Noronha (director); Gladys Omage (secretary); Krista MacDonald (director); Vandana Kattar (director); Deborah Cumming (director); Rochelle Trainor (director); Sabrina Vieira (director); Josee Thibodeau (director); Susannah Crabtree (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dress for Success Ottawa National Capital Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 809607658RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.