Ottawa Victim Services Inc./Services aux Victimes D'Ottawa Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 884823428RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($663,260) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Victim Services Inc./Services aux Victimes D'Ottawa Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $677K in revenue and $663K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $73K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Ovs provides short term emotional and practical support for victims of crime and tragic circumstances in partnership with police and community services. Vcars dispatches volunteers to support survivors 24/7 in the community. Vscp provides safety planning and 911 cell phone to high-risk victims of criminal harassment domestic violence and sexual assault. Vqrp+ provides financial support on behalf of the ontario ministry of children community and social services to victims of violent crime. The ovs-vsu project is a partnership which allows ovs staff to access police reports and identify client…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $677K | $663K | $663K | — | — | $79K |
| 2023 | $682K | $670K | $670K | — | — | $65K |
| 2022 | $664K | $664K | $658K | — | — | $53K |
| 2021 | $665K | $656K | $650K | — | — | $53K |
| 2020 | $516K | $513K | $507K | — | — | $44K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $73K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$493K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Meagan O'Hare-Gordon (vice-chair); Heather Lachine (director); Matthew Kennedy (chair); Harpreet Kaur (treasurer); Jooris Ndongozi (director); Sarah Johnston-Way (director); Sandy Wooley (director); Jill Broadbent (director); Meaghan Cook (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Victim Services Inc./Services aux Victimes D'Ottawa Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884823428RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.