The Snowsuit Fund/Le fonds habineige
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 823598636RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,159,290) as filed with the CRA.
The Snowsuit Fund/Le fonds habineige 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 $2.8M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $191K.
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 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $110K in 2024, the largest being $110K to Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Distribution of snowsuits to children of low income families and families in need in and around the greater Ottawa region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.2M | $918K | $974K | $110K | $5M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $862K | $428K | — | $4.4M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1M | $738K | $152K | — | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $968K | $730K | $113K | — | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $892K | $117K | — | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $110K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $191K from 18 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$27K
- Senators Community Foundation$21K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$12K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$9,269
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$3,000
- Ottawa Titans Field of Dreams Foundation$2,000
- WCPD Foundation$2,000
- WCPD Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,741
- The Sahara Foundation$1,510
- Charitable Foundation$1,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,292
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- The R.a. Beamish Foundation$1,000
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board$845
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$214K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Dennison (director); Andrew Watson (treasurer); Trina Fraser (secretary); Mark Ford (director); Martin Masse (vice-chair); Lise Clement (director); Ian Burns (director); Steve Monuk (director); Daljit Nirma (director); Michael Leggett (second vice-chair); Amanda Young (director); Patricia Ferguson (director); Jodie Harrison (director); Lauren Parkes (director); Oscar Arrieta (director); Ray Skaff (director); Ransome Drcar (director); Archie Crichton-Stuart (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Snowsuit Fund/Le fonds habineige’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 823598636RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.