First Assist
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 819648338RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($536,134) as filed with the CRA.
First Assist is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $517K in revenue and $536K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 50% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $43K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $92K in 2021 to $517K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
First assist in an indigenous-led charity that works in indigenous communities using sport to enhance educational achievement by providing sport-based programs that focus on physical and mental health and school attendance. Founded by ex-nhler john chabot it seeks to provide sustainable and long-term programming that is responsive to the needs of partner communities and has programming in the yukon nunavut northwest territories manitoba ontario and quebec.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $517K | $536K | $449K | — | — | $146K |
| 2023 | $286K | $277K | $251K | $1,782 | — | $208K |
| 2022 | $328K | $246K | $219K | $2,443 | — | $198K |
| 2021 | $92K | $50K | $38K | $5,000 | — | $74K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $43K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$73K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aubrey Charette (treasurer); Frederick Perowne (director); Jeff Turner (director); Cherill Baynham (director); Shelly Decaria (director); Shawn Rivers (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Assist’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819648338RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.