Serena Canada
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119145621RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($60,460) as filed with the CRA.
Serena Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $83K in revenue and $60K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations. In 2023, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,528.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $54K in 2020 to $83K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Promoting and supporting the teaching of the Sympto-thermal Method of Natural Family Planning (SERENA) by training couples/individuals the teach the method.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $83K | $60K | $34K | — | $0 | $961K |
| 2023 | $79K | $84K | $48K | — | $0 | $939K |
| 2022 | $91K | $89K | $53K | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $107K | $49K | $40K | — | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $54K | — | — | — | — | $983K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $5,528 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$34K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Richmond (co president); Grace Richmond (co presidente); Jean Ashdown (secretaire); Mary Alice Boyer (tresoriere); Jean Lafrance (director); Gordon Macmillan (co vice president); Louise Macmillan (co vice-president); Carmen Thibault (director); Janelle Lafrance (director); Paul Caruso (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Serena Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119145621RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.