OrKidstra - Sistema Ottawa
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 832467153RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,076,540) as filed with the CRA.
OrKidstra - Sistema Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 18% from government, 45% from other charities. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $785K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Orkidstra-sistema ottawa provides children from equity-deserving communities in ottawa with free group and individual music lessions and the opportunity to sing and play together in our orkidstra emsembles. Programs: kiddlywinks is an energetic music and movement program that's great fun for children ages 5 to 8 years old. Kidsingers is an upbeat choir program that celebrates the beauty and joy of singing together for students 8 years and older. Kidstarters sets students up for instrumental success (8 years +). Kidplayers explores the joy of playing wind and brass instruments in a group prop…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $709K | $164K | — | $481K |
| 2023 | $888K | $1.1M | $714K | $127K | — | $313K |
| 2022 | $956K | $861K | $654K | $79K | — | $660K |
| 2021 | $904K | $682K | $538K | $56K | — | $547K |
| 2020 | $829K | $697K | $514K | $94K | — | $441K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $785K from 30 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$137K
- Canadahelps Canadon$137K
- Rideau Hall Foundation$135K
- The Azrieli Foundation$100K
- Five B Family Foundation$60K
- The Lewitt Family Foundation$50K
- The Leacross Foundation/La Fondation Leacross$30K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$25K
- Wesley M Nicol Foundation$20K
- The Minto Greenberg Legacy Foundation$20K
- Mierins Family Foundation La Fondation de la Famille Mierins$15K
- The Matt Foundation$10K
- Aaron Brock Foundation$10K
- Johansen-Larsen Foundation$7,500
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$5,000
- The William and Jean Teron Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,000
- The Harry P Ward Foundation/la Fondation Harry P Ward$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,330
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$1,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,443
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$1,133
- Friends of the National Arts Centre Orchestra/les Amis de l'Orchestre du Centre National des Arts$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- The Children's Millennium Play Association$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$683K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chayanika Abeysekera Lutes (chair); Marie-Josée Lambert (treasurer); Cathy Doolan (director); Jeff Heynen (director); Riaz Mohammed (vice-chair); Salim Charabati (director); Sean McGee (director); Shirley Westeinde (director); Amar Marouf (director); Christopher Van Barr (secretary); Antoine Collins (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from OrKidstra - Sistema Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832467153RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.