Harmony House Shelter
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 886420199RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($979,395) as filed with the CRA.
Harmony House Shelter is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $979K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 40% from government, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $183K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Provision of second stage secure affordable transitional housing to women and their children who are fleeing violence. Provision of a support program to assist residents in their effort to re-integrate into the community and reestablish their lives free of violence.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $979K | $650K | $170K | — | $734K |
| 2023 | $991K | $1.3M | $1M | $25K | — | $602K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $902K | $58K | — | $880K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $977K | $822K | $75K | — | $937K |
| 2020 | $766K | $704K | $553K | $87K | — | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $183K from 13 charities:
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$55K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- The Matt Foundation$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$16K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$11K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$6,433
- The Eastern Ontario & Western Quebec Christmas Cheer Foundation/la Fondation Esprit de Noel de l'Est de l'Ontario et l'Ouest du Québec$2,900
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$1,205
- Rideau Park United Church$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$984
- United Way of Greater Toronto$350
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$649K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andree Beaupre (director); Lorena Caputo (president); Julianna Coderre (director); Pragya Dubey (director); Jennifer Graham (director); Sydney Lively (director); Marilyn Matheson (director); Emily Murray (director); Karla Rahn (director); Cindy Ramsunahi (secretary); Tamara Taub (director); Kelly Khalilieh (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Harmony House Shelter’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886420199RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.