Ottawa Therapy Dogs
Charitable organization · Nepean, Ontario · BN 883128308RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($102,238) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Therapy Dogs is a charitable organization based in Nepean, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $115K in revenue and $102K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 10% from government, 72% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $84K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $41K in 2020 to $115K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Ottawa therapy dog's evaluate volunteers with their own dogs to ensure their suitability for therapy dog work. Our registered volunteer therapy dog teams provide canine assisted interventions to provide comfort and relief to individuals coping with physical and /or mental health challenges at healthcare educational and social services facilitates across the national capital region. We also offer our reading education assistance dogs program in elementary schools and libraries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $115K | $102K | $73K | — | — | $239K |
| 2023 | $106K | $107K | $1,448 | — | — | $230K |
| 2022 | $64K | $103K | $87K | $5,130 | — | $226K |
| 2021 | $97K | $108K | $92K | $5,384 | — | $250K |
| 2020 | $41K | $90K | $83K | $871 | — | $278K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $84K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- The Graham Family Foundation$10K
- Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation$7,400
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$4,636
- Balevi Family Foundation$2,500
- Senators Community Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$147
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$66K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catrina Barry (director); Kathy Bird (secretary); Ian Hirchfield (director); Brendan Johnson (treasurer); Karen Lee (director); Melanie Mohammed (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Therapy Dogs’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883128308RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.