Ottawa Christian School Association
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119071454RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,714,317) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Christian School Association is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $46K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,792 in 2024, the largest being $5,792 to Cmac Christian Mission Aid Canada.
In its own words
To provide complete Christian Education to children JK to grade 8.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $25K | $5,792 | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.3M | $26K | $6,604 | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $17K | $4,580 | $3M |
| 2021 | $2M | $2.2M | $2M | $5,600 | — | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $462 | $4,795 | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,792 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $46K from 9 charities:
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$24K
- Christian School Foundation (Canada) Inc.$9,100
- Christian Stewardship Services$6,182
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,880
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,060
- Calvary Christian Reformed Church of Ottawa (east)$776
- Link Charity Canada Inc$621
- Barrhaven Fellowship Christian Reformed Church$493
- Kanata Community Christian Reformed Church Inc.$434
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 positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Christian School Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119071454RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.