Matthew House Ottawa
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 822991667RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,721,184) as filed with the CRA.
Matthew House Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7M in revenue and $6.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 31% from government. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $300K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1.refuge service: at matthew house ottawa we provide a supportive family -like environment that offers much more then just shelter. Each refugee claimant in our program receives comprehensive wrap-around support that includes a bed food cultural orientation and practical skills development aimed at fostering independence and self-sustainability. In 2024 alone we empowered 414 refugee claimants to began their new lives in canada with dignity and hope. 2.furniture bank; we help houses feel like homes .our furniture bank program supports newcomers refugee and low- income families b…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $6.7M | $3.6M | $173K | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $4.3M | $1.9M | $63K | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $945K | $96K | — | $911K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $536K | $85K | — | $845K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $934K | $302K | $18K | — | $600K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $300K from 29 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- The Catherine Donnelly Foundation$39K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$30K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$30K
- Abundance Canada$20K
- Canado Foundation$19K
- Kanata Baptist Church Congregation Inc.$15K
- The Meeting House Church Family$12K
- Oakville Community Foundation$6,250
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,212
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,966
- Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation$2,500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,281
- St Peter and St Paul's Anglican Church Ottawa$2,000
- Windsor Baptist Refugee Ministries$2,000
- Neighbours Church$1,650
- Canadian Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec$1,500
- Charitable Foundation$1,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Trinity Presbyterian Church$852
- First Baptist Church$600
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$600
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aaron Webber (secretary); Steven Kuhn (treasurer); Ian McLaren (chair); Carolyn Elliott-Magwood (director); Dan Monfau (director); Angela Success Azuka (director); Dirdre Freiheit (director); Harris Burkholder (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Matthew House Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822991667RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.