Oxfam Canada
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 129716866RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($43,262,348) as filed with the CRA.
Oxfam Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $42.6M in revenue and $43.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 64% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 73 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.6M.
Compared with 23 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 87 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $43K in 2024, the largest being $21K to Cooperation Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Oxfam canada this year spanned 21 countries focusing on various humanitarian and development initiatives. In jamaica we address gender-based violence (gbv) through social norm changes and advocacy. In nicaragua we empower civil society for women's rights. In the philippines ethiopia mozambique malawi and sambia we enhance sexual and reproductive health and rights (srhr). In kenya guatemala and bangladesh we support women's economic empowerment and domestic workers' rights while in guatemala nicaragua and pakistan we supported transformative leadership. We respond to crises suc…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $42.6M | $43.3M | $34.4M | $4.1M | $43K | $8.4M |
| 2023 | $35.5M | $36.3M | $28.5M | $4.5M | $72K | $9.1M |
| 2022 | $34.2M | $33M | $27.6M | $2.9M | $36K | $9.9M |
| 2021 | $29.2M | $28.5M | $23.3M | $2.6M | $20K | $8.7M |
| 2020 | $31.6M | $29.6M | $23.1M | $3.5M | $56K | $8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $43K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $4.6M from 73 charities:
- Humanitarian Coalition / Coalition Humanitaire$1.6M
- War Child Canada$1.3M
- Aqueduct Foundation$369K
- Canadahelps Canadon$281K
- Canadahelps Canadon$281K
- Himalaya Foundation$101K
- The Houssian Foundation$100K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$61K
- BenefAction Foundation$52K
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$50K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$39K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$30K
- The Taylor Family Foundation$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$29K
- The H. John McDonald Foundation$23K
- The Victoria Foundation$22K
- Vancouver Foundation$20K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$19K
- The John and Jeanne Eyking Family Foundation$18K
- Toronto Foundation$14K
- University of Saskatchewan (employees Charitable Donations Plan)$14K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$13K
- Turkish Community Heritage Centre of Canada$12K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$11K
- The Calgary Foundation$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions87
- Total compensation, all staff$8.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Sander (chair); Aubrey Charette (vice chair); Robert Vandenberg (treasurer); Rita Parikh (secretary); Candice Shaw (director); Fae Johnstone (director); Amelia Martin (director); Iraz Soyalp (director); Larry Swatuk (director); Dudley Thompson (director); Sahar Raz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oxfam Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129716866RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.