Options Housing Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 128142585RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,452,379) as filed with the CRA.
Options Housing Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $4.6M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $122K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 43 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Options bytown is a non-profit organization that provides supportive housing in ottawa on combining affordable housing with on-site counselling training and other services for people who need help to live independently. We help people who face social isolation and other challenges such as poverty a history of homelessness or special needs that may relate to mental illness or substance use. We operate three buildings owned by ottawa community housing corporation and one building owned by centretown community citizens ottawa corporation. We also provide on-site support services to tenant…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.6M | $4.5M | $3.2M | $9,040 | — | $694K |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $3.8M | $2.7M | $9,943 | — | $549K |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2.3M | $4,157 | — | $369K |
| 2021 | $828K | $797K | $472K | $840 | — | $564K |
| 2020 | $3.1M | $3.1M | $1.7M | $3,403 | — | $489K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $122K from 7 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,99938 positions
- Permanent full-time positions43
- Total compensation, all staff$3.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Annie Carruther (president); Heather Lachine (director); Lauren Kupferschmid (secretary); Catharine Vandelinde (executive director); Jason Hunt (treasurer); Liz Wigfull (director); Al Shadid (director); Daniel Leblanc (member at large); Norm Turner (vice-president); Gesa Harmston (director); Jordan Daly-Frey (director); Sean Grassie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Options Housing Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128142585RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.