Multifaith Housing Initiative
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 856663083RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
Multifaith Housing Initiative is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations. In 2024, 36 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $255K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band).
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $1.7M | — | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.1M | — | — | — | $7.7M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $1.8M | — | — | — | $5.6M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $1.6M | — | — | — | $5.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $255K from 36 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$65K
- Canadahelps Canadon$65K
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$30K
- Bells Corners United Church (2)$16K
- Wesley M Nicol Foundation$15K
- The David Loeb Foundation$15K
- Traquair Family Foundation$10K
- The Ottawa Muslim Women's Organization$8,000
- Parkdale United Church$5,015
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$3,874
- Emmanuel United Church$3,800
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$3,378
- Makeway Foundation$3,000
- Abundance Canada$2,788
- First United Church$1,548
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$1,500
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$1,435
- Ottawa Mennonite Church$1,083
- Calvary Christian Reformed Church of Ottawa (east)$672
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- Oblates of Mary Immaculate$500
- Rideau Park United Church$500
- Kitchissippi United Church$400
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$400
- The First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa$250
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$391K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ishbel Solvason (president); Bernie Burns (treasurer); Denys Chamberland; André Asselin (independent director); Saide Sayah (independent director); Fred Gloade (independent director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Multifaith Housing Initiative’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856663083RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.