SOS Children's Villages Canada / SOS Villages d'enfants Canada
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 138247259RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,046,167) as filed with the CRA.
SOS Children's Villages Canada / SOS Villages d'enfants Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $10.1M in revenue and $10M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from donations, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 50 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.4M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $433 in 2024, the largest being $433 to Sidebyside Children's Village Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
2024 was a significant milestone year for us as it marked sos children's villages canada's 55th anniversary as well as the 75th anniversary of sos children's villages internationally - the world's largest charitable federation focused on supporting children and young people without parental care or at risk of losing it. For decades protecting children and their rights has been our priority; a mission we continue in more than 130 countries and territories today. S0s children's villages' vision is that every child belongs to a family and grows with love respect and security. To make this a …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.1M | $10M | $5.4M | $2.8M | $433 | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $8.9M | $10.8M | $6.1M | $2.8M | $5,671 | $3.8M |
| 2022 | $13.4M | $12.7M | $8.2M | $3.2M | $5,907 | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $10.3M | $7.7M | $4M | $2.6M | $16K | $5M |
| 2020 | $8.8M | $7.7M | $3.5M | $3.1M | $28K | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $433 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1.4M from 50 charities:
- The Steele Family Foundation$421K
- Canada-Ukraine Foundation$400K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$165K
- Canadahelps Canadon$67K
- Canadahelps Canadon$67K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$50K
- Aqueduct Foundation$42K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$21K
- BenefAction Foundation$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$14K
- Varico Charitable Foundation$14K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$13K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$11K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$10K
- Kiwanis Vancouver Welfare Foundation$7,000
- Fondation Denise et Robert Gibelleau$6,486
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,417
- Austrian Society Trust Fund$6,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,194
- Whitestone Foundation Inc.$4,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$3,000
- The Victoria Foundation$3,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,759
- Charles E Fipke Foundation$2,340
- Fondation Edward Assh$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alicia Quesnel (past chair); Mary Ballantyne (chair); Philip Hopwood (treasurer); Rumina Ratansi (director); Catherine Munge (director); Emilia Nambahu (secretary); Christophe Hennebelle (director); Melanie Platt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from SOS Children's Villages Canada / SOS Villages d'enfants Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138247259RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.