Family Services a la Famille Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107376147RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,832,268) as filed with the CRA.
Family Services a la Famille Ottawa 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $4.9M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $419K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 51 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Family services ottawa/services à la famille ottawa has been providing crucial services to children adults and their families in ottawa since 1914. Services range from prevention programs in schools and community to intensive intervention programs. We provide individual couple family and group counseling; group counseling and education for abused women and their children; parent education; employee assistance program counseling and support services. We supervise visits between children and non-custodial parents. We work schools and families to build better relationships. We operate a walk-…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.9M | $4.8M | $4.3M | $1,097 | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $4.6M | $4.1M | $3,333 | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.6M | $4M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $5M | $4.8M | $4.2M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $4.6M | $3.9M | $25K | — | $967K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $419K from 8 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
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions51
- Total compensation, all staff$3.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Osseni (director); Jane Trakalo (past resident); Harry Binks (president); Ratul Dutta (director); Neha Ruth D'Souza (secretary); Corien Kershey (director); Karla Thorpe (director); Ian Cullwick (director); Emily Jamieson (treasurer); Inkosi Lufu (director); Lori Bender (vice-president); Quin Gilbert-Walters (director); Shannon Lambert (director); Corey Roberts (director); Annemarie Roodal (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Family Services a la Famille Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107376147RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.