Oneness - World Communications
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 868307778RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($541,569) as filed with the CRA.
Oneness - World Communications is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 $556K in revenue and $542K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $800.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The ottawa international writers festival actively promotes the appreciation of the cultural arts in canada through public events republic of childhood and literary workshops
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $556K | $542K | $502K | — | — | $34K |
| 2023 | $529K | $583K | $541K | — | — | $20K |
| 2022 | $626K | $652K | $612K | — | — | $75K |
| 2021 | $554K | $504K | $466K | — | — | $100K |
| 2020 | $468K | $467K | $429K | — | — | $50K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $800 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$216K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mayurika Chakravorty (director); Beth Green (board co-chair); Kagiso Molope (director); Deborah Owusu-Akyeeah (director); Richard Remillard (treasurer); Lisa Samson (chair of the board); Courtney Symons (director); Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld (director); Andrew Sharpe (treasurer); Mary Taggart (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oneness - World Communications’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868307778RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.