The Ottawa Storytellers
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 869581553RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($95,238) as filed with the CRA.
The Ottawa Storytellers is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $97K in revenue and $95K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $81K.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Signature series story cafe storytelling open mic (in person and online) children's storytelling festival (un) told indigenous storytelling documentary other special features and workshops.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $97K | $95K | $46K | — | — | $39K |
| 2023 | $147K | $153K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $181K | $175K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $136K | $125K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $87K | $80K | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $81K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$49K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gail Anglin (co-president); Pat Holloway (co-president); Susan Pinard (secretary); Kathryn Hunt (member at large); Marie Victoria Robertson (member at large); Nicole Lavigne (member at large); Racquel Sutherland (member at large); Kristine Shadid (member at large); Uchechi Ogbonna (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ottawa Storytellers’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869581553RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.