Optometry Giving Sight
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 894850965RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($451,303) as filed with the CRA.
Optometry Giving Sight is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $522K in revenue and $451K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $114K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Université de Montréal. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Optometry giving sight raises funds for projects that target the prevention of blindness and impaired vision due to a lack of access to eye exams and the availability of glasses; funds ongoing sustainable eye care programs lagely in african & asia. Ogs also supported organization that provide eye care services for people in need in north america.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $522K | $451K | $48K | $212K | $114K | $476K |
| 2023 | $502K | $551K | $39K | $206K | $222K | $405K |
| 2022 | $381K | $355K | $37K | $108K | $130K | $455K |
| 2021 | $438K | $306K | $93K | $50K | $93K | $428K |
| 2020 | $450K | $302K | $104K | $54K | $86K | $296K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $114K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $14K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$137K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Cooper (board chair); Juan Aragon (director); John Flanagan (director); Luigi Bilotto (director); Millicent Knight (director); Paul Karpecki (director and treasurer); Meng Meng Xu (director and secretary); Daniel McBride (director); Susy Yu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Optometry Giving Sight’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894850965RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.