Roberts/smart Centre
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107805723RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,674,494) as filed with the CRA.
Roberts/smart Centre is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $10.6M in revenue and $10.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 71 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
1. Day treatment:individualized and youth-driven day treatment provides youth facing severe mental health and behavioural challenges an opportunity to pursue their education while receiving treatment and support in a specialized classroom setting. 2. Secure treatment: our secure treatment program is an intensive liv-in treatment option for youth ages 12-18 dealing with complex mental health and behavioural issues. Admission to our secure treatment facility in ottawa requires a court order and is open to youth from all over ontario. 3. Residential placements: the centre operates two open …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.6M | $10.7M | $7M | — | — | $540K |
| 2023 | $9M | $9M | $6.8M | — | — | $590K |
| 2022 | $9.2M | $8.8M | $6.6M | — | — | $677K |
| 2021 | $8.2M | $7.8M | $5.9M | — | — | $328K |
| 2020 | $7.1M | $7.2M | $6M | — | — | -$106K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $34K from 5 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions71
- Total compensation, all staff$8.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Simon Brazier (president); Dean Tester (vice president); Louisa Battistelli (secretary); Ed Miner (director); Woody Aspilaire (director); Kristen Rudderham (director); Jennifer Radley (director); Nadine Trepanier-Bisson (director); Frank D'Aoust (director); Shannon Lundquist (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Roberts/smart Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107805723RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.