Health Standards Organization
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 852490200RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,571,959) as filed with the CRA.
Health Standards Organization is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $8.1M in revenue and $8.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from government. In 2022, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $126K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 75 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.8M in 2020 to $8.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Health Standards Organization (HSO) works with leading experts and those with lived experience to develop standards assessment programs and quality improvement solutions.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.1M | $8.6M | $8.1M | — | — | -$2M |
| 2023 | $6.5M | $6.7M | $6.4M | — | — | -$1.5M |
| 2022 | $7.4M | — | $6.5M | — | — | -$1.3M |
| 2021 | $6.1M | $8.1M | $7.9M | — | — | -$2.1M |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $5M | $4.9M | — | — | -$109K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $126K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions75
- Total compensation, all staff$5.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Neil Stuart (director); Corbett Fine (director); Vincent Dumez (director); Leslee Thompson (director); Vickie Kaminski (director); Karimah Es Sabar (director); Denise Amyot (director); Heather Barnabe (director); Rob MacIsaac (director); Chris McGinley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Health Standards Organization’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852490200RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.