Lebanese & Arab Social Services Agency of Ottawa-Carleton
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 135253508RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($643,448) as filed with the CRA.
Lebanese & Arab Social Services Agency of Ottawa-Carleton is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $658K in revenue and $643K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $388.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The organization strives to provide the highest quality services to facilitate and expedite the settlement and integration of new canadians in general and arabic-speaking ones in particular. These services include: -settlement orientation education and integration of lebanese and arabic-speaking immigrants into the canadian community -providing all necessary social services in furtherance thereof; -fostering and promoting an understanding learning and appreciation for the arabic language traditions and diverse cultures amongst canadian society; and -promoting and supporting humanitarian …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $658K | $643K | $604K | — | — | -$68K |
| 2023 | $578K | $631K | $574K | $902 | — | -$101K |
| 2022 | $910K | $897K | $792K | $321 | — | -$51K |
| 2021 | $983K | $986K | $886K | $3,146 | — | -$22K |
| 2020 | $657K | $656K | $599K | $817 | — | -$61K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $388 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$478K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sam Khairallah (vice president); Imad Radi (treasurer); Jerry Absi (president); Ernest Haddad (director); Anton Rizk (director); Chris Wanna (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lebanese & Arab Social Services Agency of Ottawa-Carleton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135253508RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.