Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization/organisme Communautaire des Services aux Immigrants d'Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107805632RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,166) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization/organisme Communautaire des Services aux Immigrants d'Ottawa 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 $10.4M in revenue and $10K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $237K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 100% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 139 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Culturally sensitive settlement services to newcomers immigrants and refugees orientation to life in ottawa english language instruction new comers mentoring & employment service clinical counseling youth services school based settlement supports refugee-613
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.4M | $10K | $8.9M | $8,675 | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $9.6M | $9.4M | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $8.8M | $8.3M | — | — | — | $1 |
| 2021 | $7.6M | $7.2M | — | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $7.2M | $6.9M | — | — | — | $796K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $237K from 12 charities:
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$76K
- Canadahelps Canadon$47K
- Canadahelps Canadon$47K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Community Foundations of Canada$24K
- Kids Up Front Foundation (Ottawa)$7,836
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$3,000
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board$1,500
- Ottawa Titans Field of Dreams Foundation$1,000
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- Society of the Sacred Heart (canada) /societe du Sacre-Coeur(canada)—
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions139
- Total compensation, all staff$7.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Enei (board president); Eric Agyemang (ex-officio); Mark Zekulin (director); Saruul Ayurzana (treasurer); Corina Barbul (member at large); Katya Hodge (secretary); Rahul Chandran (director); Fatymah Dido (director); Victoria Hopkins (director); Imaan Sandhu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization/organisme Communautaire des Services aux Immigrants d'Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107805632RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.