First Church of Christ Scientist in Ottawa
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118917897RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($285,131) as filed with the CRA.
First Church of Christ Scientist in Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $259K in revenue and $285K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 59% from other charities. In 2023, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $153K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Holds sunday and wednesday church services and sunday school (in person and online); church committees staffed by volunteers; presents public lectures on christian science by guest speakers; maintains a reading room which is open to the public and contains religious materials published by the christian science publishing society in boston
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $259K | $285K | — | — | $1,657 | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $145K | $287K | — | — | $1,738 | $6.1M |
| 2022 | $164K | $286K | — | — | $1,728 | $6.3M |
| 2021 | $671K | $195K | — | — | $2,123 | $6.4M |
| 2020 | $210K | $207K | — | — | $1,549 | $5.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $153K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$55K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Cardinal (director); Janet Dudley (secretary); Pete Hatherell (treasurer); James Waite (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Church of Christ Scientist in Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118917897RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.