Shepherds of Good Hope
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 130724255RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,634,044) as filed with the CRA.
Shepherds of Good Hope 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 $22.7M in revenue and $22.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 38 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.7M.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 189 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12.9M in 2020 to $22.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Shepherds of good hope fosters hope and reduces harm in ottawa by supporting people experiencing homelessness and vulnerable adults in our community through specialized services programs and partnerships. This support is provided by addressing challenges with mental health substance use disorders and trauma by helping stabilize people through our specialized shelter programs community and volunteers services (such as soup kitchen and drop in program) and our supportive housing facilities. The supportive housing program provide long-term homes with on-site around-the-clock support f…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22.7M | $22.6M | $19.3M | — | — | $10.6M |
| 2023 | $18.4M | $18.3M | $16M | — | — | $10.5M |
| 2022 | $15.7M | $15.4M | $12.9M | — | — | $10.5M |
| 2021 | $14.5M | $14.4M | $12M | — | — | $9.1M |
| 2020 | $12.9M | $12.4M | $10.3M | — | — | $8.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3.7M from 38 charities:
- Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation$3M
- Canadahelps Canadon$152K
- Canadahelps Canadon$152K
- Taggart Parkes Foundation$125K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$41K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$41K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$41K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$29K
- Senators Community Foundation$25K
- Wesley M Nicol Foundation$15K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$6,050
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,918
- 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
- Calvary Christian Reformed Church of Ottawa (east)$2,831
- Mona & Nav Aggarwal Foundation$2,500
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$2,400
- Card for Change$2,350
- Makeway Foundation$1,250
- Barrhaven Fellowship Christian Reformed Church$1,117
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,110
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- The R.a. Beamish Foundation$1,000
- WCPD Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions189
- Total compensation, all staff$13M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catherine Danbrook (vice-chair); Robin Sellar (director and treasurer); Stephen Ball (board member); Chantal Barton (director); Donna Lougheed (board member); Julie Terrien (director); Darryl Squires (treasurer); Louisa Ibhaze (director); Dave Donaldson (chair); Ahmer Gulzar (director); John James (director); Kassondra Walters (director); Michael Laviolette (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shepherds of Good Hope’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130724255RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.