PAL Ottawa
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 806300885RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($82,071) as filed with the CRA.
PAL Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $213K in revenue and $82K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $44K in 2020 to $213K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Pal ottawa provides a community of support and volunteer support services to vulnerable senior members of the ottawa-gatineau arts community. One of our main programs is supporting cast a corps of trained volunteers who assist artists in need with the tasks of daily living and helo them to retain their independence in their current home. Our long-term goal is to create a centre for arts professional in all disciplines from across the capital region. This centre will provide housing and other amenities such as studie rehearsal and performance space bringing artists together in fellowship to …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $213K | $82K | $51K | $44 | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $465K | $158K | $67K | $3,463 | — | $922K |
| 2022 | $307K | $203K | $55K | $18K | — | $616K |
| 2021 | $667K | $187K | $72K | $47K | — | $512K |
| 2020 | $44K | $67K | $32K | $1,928 | $10K | $33K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $24K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Caulfeild (director); Donald Gibbons (treasurer); Stuart Mackay-Smith (director); Anne Maheux (director); Marisa Victor (director); David Whiteley (director); Gaston Clouthier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from PAL Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 806300885RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.