Ottawa West Community Support Service Communautaire d'Ottawa-Ouest
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 890626104RR0001 · Relief of the Aged · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa West Community Support Service Communautaire d'Ottawa-Ouest is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under relief of the aged. 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 $9M in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Owcs has a team of dedicated staff and volunteers who go above and beyond every day. Because of their support 3 896 clients have been helped to stay at home.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9M | — | $7.1M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $7M | — | $5.8M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $6.5M | $6.4M | $5.6M | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $6.6M | $6.3M | $5.5M | — | — | $906K |
| 2020 | $6.1M | $6M | $5.2M | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $29K from 12 charities:
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,496
- The Graham Family Foundation$5,000
- Kitchissippi United Church$1,000
- ST Stephen's Presbyterian Church$1,000
- Parkdale United Church$1,000
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$857
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$855
- United Way of Greater Toronto$500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- Cornerstone House of Refuge (OTTAWA) Apostolic Church (CHORAC)$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$199
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
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$6.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patricia Bethel (board member); Barth Curley (past president); Nancy Gerrard (board member); Kathryn Gauthier (board member); Adrienne Goodwin (treasurer); David Harris (board member); Jane He (board member); Jean Kroes (president); Jennifer Lalonde (executive director); Bev Nussbavy (secretary); Chris Sandes (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa West Community Support Service Communautaire d'Ottawa-Ouest’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890626104RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.