ST Joseph's Workers for Life & Family
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 135142834RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($173,836) as filed with the CRA.
ST Joseph's Workers for Life & Family is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $144K in revenue and $174K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Life and family reports (monthly newsletter on research on issues pertaining to life family and the catholic faith here in canada and around the world) sjw enews (monthly online newsletter covering useful web sites that our supporters can benefit including audio and saint of the month with prayers)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $144K | $174K | $151K | $6,136 | — | $58K |
| 2023 | $158K | $150K | $129K | $9,322 | — | $88K |
| 2022 | $158K | $148K | $116K | $10K | — | $80K |
| 2021 | $155K | $120K | $103K | $4,348 | — | $69K |
| 2020 | $129K | $103K | $87K | $6,003 | — | $33K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Lamb Foundation$8,000
- The Robert Campeau Family Foundation$2,500
- Lamb Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,000
- Les Clarisses de Sherbrooke$1,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$643
- Les Clarisses de Sherbrooke$500
- Les Clarisses de Sherbrooke$150
- St. Mark's Parish$125
- Les Clarisses de Sherbrooke$100
- Les Clarisses de Sherbrooke$100
- Les Clarisses de Sherbrooke$100
- Carmelite Nuns of Western Canada$100
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$77K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike O'Neill (president); Betty-Ann Ferguson (treasurer); Cathy Koss (secretary); Claude Halle (board member); Madeleine Thomson (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST Joseph's Workers for Life & Family’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135142834RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.