The Good Companions
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118941152RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,952,367) as filed with the CRA.
The Good Companions is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.8M in revenue and $4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 42% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $704K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $3.8M in 2024.
In its own words
Chair fitness beyond the chair working with weights yoga fitness for arthritis & balance strength core & balance gentle aerobics + weights zumba gold stretch core & conditioning chair yoga tai chi spanish container gardening knitting/crocheting multi crafts mixed media cards painting studio recycled milk bag mats jewellery cross stitch zentangle sharing dance spanish dance castanets belly dance chemo caps ukulele guitar bands choir. Scww programs: just joking fun fact frenzy good news short stories tip-top trivia old time radio birthday party name that tune…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $4M | $3.7M | $6,594 | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $4M | $4.5M | $4.3M | $2,146 | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.9M | $966 | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.8M | $3.4M | $1,800 | — | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2M | $6,245 | — | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $704K from 9 charities:
- The Waltons Trust$370K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$292K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- HelpAge Canada$10K
- The Matt Foundation$10K
- Hallmark Giving$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,798
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$112
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99917 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Good Companions’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118941152RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.