Tamir
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 108063686RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,749,879) as filed with the CRA.
Tamir is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $13M in revenue and $12.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $384K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 80 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To provide residential housing and programs to individuals with developmental disabilities so that they may live more full lives in the ottawa community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13M | $12.7M | $11.3M | $15K | — | $4.4M |
| 2023 | $12.2M | $12.1M | $10.8M | $22K | — | $4.2M |
| 2022 | $10.8M | $10.7M | $9.6M | $11K | — | $4.1M |
| 2021 | $11.4M | $10.9M | $9.7M | $14K | — | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $9.6M | $9.7M | $8.3M | $62K | — | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $384K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions80
- Total compensation, all staff$9.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joe Brownstein (president); Shira Brass (1st vice president); Ira Abrams (treasurer); Jacob Polowin (2nd vice president); Rebecca Rosenstock (director); Joe Silverman (director); Rabbi Chaim Mendeksohn (director); Barbara Grinfeld (director); Ira Marcovitch (director); Liisa Vexler (director); Gary Viner (director); Harvey Goldberg (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tamir’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108063686RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.