Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119129179RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,247,241) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $7.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $4.4M in 2024, the largest being $2.8M to Royal Ottawa Health Care Group. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
To raise funds for the royal ottawa health care group the institute for mental health research and their clients
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $7.2M | $22K | $1.9M | $4.4M | $15.9M |
| 2023 | $5.8M | $6.8M | $442 | $1.8M | $4.3M | $16M |
| 2022 | $6.5M | $9M | — | $1.2M | $6.7M | $17M |
| 2021 | $9.7M | $5.9M | — | $1.5M | $3.4M | $19.5M |
| 2020 | $6.2M | $6.2M | $20K | $1.6M | $3.7M | $15.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4.4M to 2 qualified donees:
- Royal Ottawa Health Care Group$2.8M
- University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research$1.6M
Received $1.6M from 30 charities:
- Kruyne Family Foundation$500K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$292K
- BT Sullivan Family Foundation$250K
- Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada$200K
- The Jeffrey and Joanne York Family Foundation$100K
- WCPD Foundation$52K
- Finding Hope Foundation$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$27K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20K
- The Clematis Foundation$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$13K
- BenefAction Foundation$11K
- Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living$7,610
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$5,450
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$5,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$4,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,970
- Healthpartners Canada$1,352
- Senators Community Foundation$1,000
- Ferguson Family Foundation$1,000
- Trust Under the Will of Jacob Freedman Charitable Foundation$400
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$200
- Ashton United Church$170
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carmen Abela (vice-chair); Inderpal Bal (treasurer); Connor Campbell (director); Kelly Campbell (secretary); Katherine Cooligan (director); Jane Duchscher (chair); Elliott Gauthier (director); Paul Havey (director); Allan Malcomson (vice-chair); Cara Vaccarino (director); Jennifer Mondoux (director); Vittorio Pellegrino (director); David Prime (director); Yann Robard (director); Geoff Simpson (director); Matthew Skube (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119129179RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.