Social Planning Council of Ottawa/le Conseil de Planification Sociale d'Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107987208RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,412,459) as filed with the CRA.
Social Planning Council of Ottawa/le Conseil de Planification Sociale d'Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $212K.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024.
In its own words
We continued to provide social research community development & program planning across 4 priority areas (below). (1) access to basics: in response to food insecurity and housing crisis. We continue with programs that directly support vulnerable residents including digital equity (comupters and connectivity) and street involved people. We promote civic education through our porjects 'synapcity' and 'youth action now'. (2) community economic development: our youth employment program continued with training placemtns youth economic incubators youth social enterprises ('youth active media' …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.4M | $867 | — | $132K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1,243 | — | $99K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $3,456 | — | $86K |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.8M | $12K | — | $119K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $2,172 | — | $112K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $212K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Social Planning Council of Ottawa/le Conseil de Planification Sociale d'Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107987208RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.