Serenity House Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107968232RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,849,007) as filed with the CRA.
Serenity House Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $2M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $202K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provides counselling and related therapies to individuals with substance abuse problems in a fully-equipped fully-staffed safe environment including 24-hour access to staff. Accomodation is provided on a full-board basis. Also provides transitional housing to those recovering from substance abuse.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $904K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $588K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $829K | — | — | $559K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $791K | — | — | $571K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $789K | $9,948 | — | $566K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $202K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$742K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steve Kelly (director); Mike Lupiano (director); Kevin Page (treasurer); Deborah Cumming (vice-chair); Shawn Kelly (chair); Hassan Bayaa (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Serenity House Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107968232RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.