The Companions of the Cross
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118871441RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,722,149) as filed with the CRA.
The Companions of the Cross is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $136K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Financial assistance to seminaries and pre-theology students subsidization of expenses for pre-theology students educational programs (retreats conferences courses and presentations) news letter published as a teaching vehicle and social outreach and religious fellowship programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.2M | $133K | — | $6.8M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.8M | $2.2M | $140K | — | $6.8M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $2.7M | $2.1M | $137K | — | $7.1M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $2.6M | $2M | $123K | — | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2M | $130K | — | $6.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $136K from 22 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$40K
- Lux in Tenebris Foundation$15K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$10K
- Abundance Canada$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- WCPD Foundation$5,000
- Brookfield Partners Foundation$5,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$2,803
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,510
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Halifax$1,000
- Brookfield Partners Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$445
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$420
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$252
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$230
- Les Marianistes de Saint-Anselme$200
- Order of ST. Clare$100
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- Les Missionnaires Oblats de Marie Immaculee—
- The Sisters of the Presentation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$836K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mary Jane Manley (director); Odette Regimbal (director); Roger Vandenakker (moderator/president); Richard Jaworski (treasurer & secretary); Rebecca Meuse (director); Richard Oreilly (director); David Bergeron (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Companions of the Cross’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118871441RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.