Ronald McDonald House Ottawa / Maison Ronald McDonald Ottawa
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119051480RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,436,264) as filed with the CRA.
Ronald McDonald House Ottawa / Maison Ronald McDonald 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 $8.3M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from government. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.4M.
Compared with 1,125 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 higher than 87% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $8.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
The charity provides accommodation and support to families of seriously ill children including oncology patients who are undergoing treatment at the children's hospital of eastern ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.3M | $1.4M | $1M | $258K | — | $26.5M |
| 2023 | $12.5M | $1.6M | $726K | $758K | — | $19.6M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.3M | $598K | $572K | — | $8.8M |
| 2021 | $2M | $997K | $637K | $265K | — | $8.3M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $953K | $663K | $216K | — | $7.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.4M from 26 charities:
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$1.2M
- The Shabinsky Family Foundation$40K
- Five B Family Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$16K
- The Lawson Foundation$10K
- WCPD Foundation$8,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$8,333
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$8,333
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,500
- The Welch Community Foundation$5,500
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Arbor Memorial Foundation$5,000
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- The Eastern Ontario & Western Quebec Christmas Cheer Foundation/la Fondation Esprit de Noel de l'Est de l'Ontario et l'Ouest du Québec$2,900
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,307
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board$2,272
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,236
- Ottawa Titans Field of Dreams Foundation$1,000
- Diana and François Poirier Foundation Fondation Diana et François Poirier$1,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$322
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$997K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Perry McKenna (board member); Danny Baldwin (board member); Colin Noble (board member); Tim Carter (board member); Karen Hennessey (chair); Andrew Vey (board member); Cindy McCarthy (treasurer); Martin Ballard (board member); Michele Bedford (board member); Philip Von Finckenstein (board member); Kathryn Jones (board member); Gilles Levasseur (board member); Donna Johnston (board member); Christine Hardy (board member); Andrew Godfrey (board member); Leah Swanstrom (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ronald McDonald House Ottawa / Maison Ronald McDonald Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119051480RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.