The Ottawa Mission Foundation
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 831058615RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($915,368) as filed with the CRA.
The Ottawa Mission Foundation is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $915K in revenue and $915K in expenditures.
In 2024, 42 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $441K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $828K in 2024, the largest being $828K to The Ottawa Mission. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $9M in 2020 to $915K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The Foundation is responsible to administer sustainable funds to ensure the long term financial stability of the operations of The Ottawa Mission
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $915K | $915K | — | — | $828K | $14.8M |
| 2023 | $644K | $2.1M | — | — | $2.1M | $14.8M |
| 2022 | $11K | $5.4M | — | — | $5.3M | $16.3M |
| 2021 | $14.1M | $3M | — | $2M | — | $21.7M |
| 2020 | $9M | $7.7M | — | $1.6M | $5.2M | $17.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $828K to 1 qualified donee:
- The Ottawa Mission$828K
Received $441K from 42 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$91K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$63K
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$25K
- Taggart Parkes Foundation$25K
- In the Spirit Giving Foundation$25K
- Five B Family Foundation$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- BenefAction Foundation$16K
- Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation$10K
- The Derick Brenninkmeyer Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Barber Family Charitable Foundation$8,000
- Parkdale United Church$6,978
- The Robert Campeau Family Foundation$5,500
- Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception$5,000
- Susan Allard Foundation$4,000
- Margie Yung Foundation$3,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,000
- The Eastern Ontario & Western Quebec Christmas Cheer Foundation/la Fondation Esprit de Noel de l'Est de l'Ontario et l'Ouest du Québec$2,900
- Kanata Community Christian Reformed Church Inc.$2,632
- The George & Susan Neilson Family Foundation$2,600
- Makeway Foundation$2,500
- Calvin Christian Reformed Church of Ottawa$2,173
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa-Cornwall$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anthony Bennett (president); Leonard Teo (director); Michael Adams (director); Ryan Cody (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ottawa Mission Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831058615RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.