Ogaden Somali Community Association of Ontario
Publicly funded institution · Etobicoke, Ontario · BN 141060277RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($219,913) as filed with the CRA.
Ogaden Somali Community Association of Ontario is a charitable organization based in Etobicoke, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $230K in revenue and $220K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,687.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $104K in 2020 to $230K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Ogaden somali community association of ontario was established to provide (in canada) educational counselling and relief service for refugees and needy (poor) immigrants from ogaden somali through programs of language instruction employment training programs to relieve poverty and resettlement programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $230K | $220K | $212K | — | — | $37K |
| 2023 | $248K | $220K | $210K | — | — | $27K |
| 2022 | $98K | $114K | $106K | — | — | -$76 |
| 2021 | $146K | $148K | $123K | — | — | $16K |
| 2020 | $104K | $68K | $61K | — | — | $17K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,687 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,687
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$48K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mohamed Omar Ahmed (chairman); Mohamed Mohamed (vice-chairman); Mohamed Shaqlane (treasurer); Adar Ismail (secretary); Mohamed Muhumed (director); Mohamud Hassan (executive director); Barre Cilmi Sanee (director); Omar Ismail Hersi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ogaden Somali Community Association of Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 141060277RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.