Ottawa Riverkeeper Inc.
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 862697059RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,867,792) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Riverkeeper Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 16% from government, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $643K.
Compared with 50 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Riverwatch – we train and engage volunteers in communities along the ottawa river and its tributaries who are dedicated to protecting their local river. Pollution hotline – we provide tools for the public to report discharge fish kills illegal shoreline alterations and follow-up with regulators. Education & outreach: we provide ottawa river expertise and educational activities at events and give presentations throughout the watershed; swim guide – the swim guide is a website and a free app that makes it easy to find and learn about local beaches. Restoration of native species – we work with …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.2M | $542K | — | $385K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $905K | $517K | — | $387K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $878K | $283K | — | $385K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $929K | $219K | — | $378K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $846K | $275K | — | $272K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $643K from 32 charities:
- RBC Foundation$180K
- Taggart Parkes Foundation$64K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$50K
- T-Gear Foundation$50K
- La Fondation Choquette-Legault$35K
- The Dragonfly Fund$30K
- Five B Family Foundation$30K
- Wesley M Nicol Foundation$30K
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$25K
- The Leacross Foundation/La Fondation Leacross$20K
- The Welch Community Foundation$15K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$10K
- WCPD Foundation$8,238
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$5,941
- The GAL Family Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Labarge Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Dream Community Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,680
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$2,000
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Annie Berube (director); Frederic Boulanger (secretary); Michelle Campbell (director); David Coletto (director); Elisabeth Iiboudo Nebie (director); Jason Jacques (director); Colleen Mooney (director); David Runnalls (director); Margot Sunter (treasurer); Colleen Westeinde (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Riverkeeper Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862697059RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.