ST. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Society of Ottawa
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119172534RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,265,468) as filed with the CRA.
ST. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Society of Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.9M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $88K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $3.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Church spirital services sunday services baptismal and wedding services funeral services food for hungry-tary collection on sunday to raise funds for the hungry and third world needy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $3.3M | $1.5M | $879K | — | $7.1M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3M | $1.3M | $807K | $3,000 | $6.8M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.3M | $1M | $535K | $800 | $5.8M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $446K | $169K | $534 | $5.4M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.4M | $480K | $120K | $1,150 | $5.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $88K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George Hanna (chairman); Joyce Tannis (vice chairman); Joseph Ayoub (vice chairman); Chad Saikaley (treasurer); Viviane Acar (secretary); Bassam Hamwi (member); Jado Mansour (member); Mattew Tannis (member); Ronnie Skaff (member); Roula Thomas (member); Ghady Thomas (member); Chahine El-Chaar (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Society of Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119172534RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.