The Church of the Ottawans
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 882007917RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($151,198) as filed with the CRA.
The Church of the Ottawans 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 $108K in revenue and $151K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $672.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $25K in 2024, the largest being $21K to The Local Church Of the Saints in Toronto. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $283K in 2020 to $108K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We hold worship weekly in the meeting hall and also online worship. We provide ministries for adults college age junior high schoolers. We edify Christians via trainings conferences and bible studies. We preach Gospel of Jesus Christ to the public. Weekly bible reading for sisters. Weekly serving brothers meeting. Weekly college saints meeting. Weekly young people meeting. Weekly Home meetings. We go to other localities for training and blending.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $108K | $151K | $8,434 | — | $25K | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $133K | $170K | $3,450 | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $147K | $125K | $409 | — | $8,400 | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $132K | $118K | $0 | $0 | $10K | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $283K | $201K | $3,998 | — | $13K | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $25K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $672 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yinsuo Zhang (president and director); Hannah Ho (director); Ling Teng (director); Xinhou Hua (treasurer); Wendy Zheng (secretary); Christian Liu (assistant treasuer); Xinyi Zhou (assistant treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Church of the Ottawans’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882007917RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.