L'Arche-Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Nepean, Ontario · BN 107597700RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,705,726) as filed with the CRA.
L'Arche-Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Nepean, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $3.7M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $72K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 35 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $7,000 in 2024, the largest being $7,000 to L'Arche Canada Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provides residential and day program activitiy services to anglophone and francophone adults with a development handicap. There are 42 volunteers that are involved with the organization to enrich the lives of themen and women with intellectual disabilties.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.7M | $3.4M | $4,569 | $7,000 | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $3.3M | $3M | $7,542 | $16K | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2.9M | — | $16K | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.2M | $696K | $24K | $7,000 | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $3M | $3M | $2.7M | $26K | $7,000 | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $72K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- The BLG Foundation$2,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$730
- Oblates of Mary Immaculate$500
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$50
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$26
- Society of the Sacred Heart (canada) /societe du Sacre-Coeur(canada)—
- Soeurs de l'Institut Jeanne d'Arc—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions35
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Farrell (director); Marsha Golka (director); Binny Joseph (director); Mark McCormick (secretary); Laura Muldoon (director); John Rietschlin (president); Louise Roberge (treasurer); Anne-Sophie Svetchine (director); Judith Young (vice-president); Pascal Gagné (non voting member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from L'Arche-Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107597700RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.