Hellenic Community of Ottawa
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118955731RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,720,639) as filed with the CRA.
Hellenic Community of Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.5M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $271K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $95K in 2024, the largest being $93K to University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de l'Universite d'Ottawa. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $3.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Owns and operates a church an provides religious instruction to persons of the greek orthodox faith. Operates a school for instruction in the greek language and carries out social and charitable work among parishioners.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $3.7M | $564K | $833K | $99K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $3M | $3.3M | $752K | $552K | $94K | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.8M | $449K | $398K | $46K | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $336K | $22K | — | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $325K | $25K | — | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $95K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $271K from 8 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$126K
- Canadahelps Canadon$126K
- Hellenic Heritage Fund$5,950
- The Stephen and Jocelyne Greenberg Family Foundation$5,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$3,101
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,111
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$489K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexandros Reklitis (1st vice president); Alexei Alswiti (treasurer); Andreas Koloniaris (second vice president); Anastasios Minas (director); Dimosthenis Sartzetakis (president); Zafira Zygoumis (secretary); Milt Aimoniotis (director); Diamantis Hatzitheodosiou (director); Emmanuel Kardaras (director); Pericles Katsoulakis (director); Christina Latsis (director); Peter Panais (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hellenic Community of Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118955731RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.