Hospice Care Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118963701RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,140,114) as filed with the CRA.
Hospice Care Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $7.7M in revenue and $7.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $237K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Compassion and comfort is the focus of Hospice Care Ottawa (HCO). HCO services are provided at no charge to individuals with life-limiting illnesses and their families. HCO supports individuals and their caregivers during their entire illness from the time of diagnosis through to death and bereavement. HCO offers emotional and social support to individuals facing a life-limiting illness and living at home through our Community Programs (Day Hospice and In-Home Support programs). When being at home is no longer possible HCO provides 24 hour care in a home-like and peaceful environment at our …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.7M | $7.1M | $5.4M | $297K | — | $6.2M |
| 2023 | $6.8M | $6.6M | $5.2M | $360K | — | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $6.6M | $5.9M | $5M | $349K | $0 | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $7M | $5.8M | $4.7M | $313K | $0 | $4.9M |
| 2020 | $5.8M | $5.7M | $4.6M | $447K | $0 | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $237K from 27 charities:
- May Court Club of Ottawa$100K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$21K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Labarge Charitable Foundation$10K
- Taggart Parkes Foundation$8,500
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Taggart Parkes Foundation$6,000
- Fondation Lauridell/lauridell Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$3,700
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,389
- Arbor Memorial Foundation$2,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,674
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,092
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$1,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$1,000
- Elizabeth Park Protestant Chapel$900
- Oblates of Mary Immaculate$500
- Rideau Park United Church$500
- Ottawa Mennonite Church$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$280
- Cornerstone House of Refuge (OTTAWA) Apostolic Church (CHORAC)$261
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$194
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$5.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Benoit Hubert (chair); Wendy Nicklin (vice chair); Stephanie Elyea (treasurer); Ioanna Martin (secretary); Bruno Carchidi (director); Bill Cuff (director); Barb Hogberg (director); Sylvie Lalonde (director); Barbara McNally (director); Susan Murray (director); Michael Pentland (director); Melissa Salvatore (director); Lynne Toupin (director); Josh Engel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hospice Care Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118963701RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.