Nelson House of Ottawa-Carleton
Publicly funded institution · Nepean, Ontario · BN 130630338RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,453,453) as filed with the CRA.
Nelson House of Ottawa-Carleton is a charitable organization based in Nepean, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $101K.
Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provides shelter safety and support services to women to their children operating a 'safe house' in nepean on.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | $8,381 | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | — | — | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | — | — | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | — | — | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | — | — | — | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $101K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$30K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$7,398
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$6,850
- Fondation RONA$5,989
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Harvest House Christian Fellowship Church of Ottawa-Carleton$3,621
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$2,166
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,805
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,575
- Charitable Foundation$1,500
- Ferguson Family Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$167
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$945K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carol Gervais (director-treasurer); Daria Ivanochko (director-chair); Carolyn Elizabeth (director); Linda Bianchi (director board secretary); Danika Nieuwkoop (director); Rachel Steele (director); Maggie Patterson (director); Kira Caceres (director); Jessica Legrand (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nelson House of Ottawa-Carleton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130630338RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.