Ottawa Horticultural Society
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 132329335RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,786) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Horticultural Society is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $21K in revenue and $17K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 38% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $1,950 in 2024, the largest being $600 to Forêt Capitale Forest. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11K in 2020 to $21K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Continuing from the previous year the hybrid AV meeting equipment continued to be tested and refined from meeting to meeting. This equipment was supported in 2023 with a grant from the Federal program the Community Services Recovery Fund. The AGM of the society was held at St Marks Church on December 12 but in the spring we moved back to the Tom Brown Arena which is a larger venue. The OHS continued to hold monthly horticultural presentations. Two examples included a presentation by Kayoki Post-Whiteduck who spoke on growing traditional Algonquin plants and preparing them for sale as teas as …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21K | $17K | $11K | — | $1,950 | $59K |
| 2023 | $19K | $20K | $16K | — | $870 | $53K |
| 2022 | $20K | $11K | $5,203 | — | $1,321 | $55K |
| 2021 | $20K | $13K | $7,915 | — | $300 | $48K |
| 2020 | $11K | $11K | $8,063 | — | $250 | $40K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,950 to 5 qualified donees:
Received $13K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cindy Lyon (secretary); Liu Tina (director); Dianne Kilpatrick (director); Janet Sullivan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Horticultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132329335RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.