Ottawa Valley Wild Bird CARE Centre
Charitable organization · Nepean, Ontario · BN 893401380RR0002 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($622,987) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Valley Wild Bird CARE Centre is a charitable organization based in Nepean, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $911K in revenue and $623K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations, 34% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $479K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We operate a rehabilitation facility for the treatment and care of injured and orphaned wild birds in order torelease them back to the wild. We provide telephone hot line services to the public giving information andadvice on issues concerning wild birds. We give educational presentations and talks about birds and theenvironment. We provide government bodies schools scientists and the general public with statistical data onwild bird rehabilitation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $911K | $623K | $543K | $5,916 | — | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $407K | $532K | $450K | $13K | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $967K | $627K | $529K | $8,073 | $50 | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $1M | $605K | $512K | $8,736 | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $707K | $506K | $409K | $14K | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $479K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$220K
- Canadahelps Canadon$220K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$24K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,983
- BenefAction Foundation$1,550
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$694
- The Colin and Winnifred Molson Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$382
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$244
- Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada$190
- Kanata Food Cupboard$100
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- Ottawa Humane Society—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$366K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Burns (director); Susan Phillips (secretary); Ted Yuzyk (vice-chair); Juliette Marczuk (chair); Christina Zeigler (director); Murray Kronick (director); Jeff Rowsell (treasurer); Robin Jackson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Valley Wild Bird CARE Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893401380RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.