Somali Centre for Family Service
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 890867567RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,732,027) as filed with the CRA.
Somali Centre for Family Service is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $2.8M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $65K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
1. Community capacity building 2. Employment/training services 3.counselling new immigrants 4. Settlement/immigration services 5. Mentoring/support for youth 6. Services to women & seniors 7. Workshops on living in canada 8. Syrian refugee support services 9. Youth summer employment/intern positions 10. Special mentoring/support for youth 11. Assist in developing a social enterprise 12. Mentoring/support for new social service organizations. 13. Black youth support programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $5,998 | — | $235K |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.4M | $11K | — | $205K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.9M | $22K | — | $184K |
| 2021 | $2M | $2M | $1.7M | $18K | — | $180K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $29K | — | $158K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $65K from 4 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
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 Somali Centre for Family Service’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890867567RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.