University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de l'Universite d'Ottawa
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 140813452RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,031,001) as filed with the CRA.
University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de l'Universite d'Ottawa is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $53.6M in revenue and $11M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 68% from other charities. In 2024, 45 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.9M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $7.6M in 2024, the largest being $6.6M to Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation-Corporation de Recherches de l'institut de Cardiologie d'ottawa. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12.3M in 2020 to $53.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
We operate endowed and non-endowed programs to benefit cardiac care research education and equipment purchases at the university of ottawa heart institute (uohi) and the ottawa heart institute research corporation (ohirc). We contribute to ohirc research initiatives and capital projects cardiac research patient care and education. The university of ottawa heart institute foundation is the bridge that connects the programs facilities and people who save lives every day with the individual and corporate philanthropists in our community. Funds raised are used for much needed equipment facil…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $53.6M | $11M | $242K | $2.1M | $7.6M | $120.6M |
| 2023 | $15.1M | $32.4M | $307K | $2.2M | $29M | $78.1M |
| 2022 | $23.3M | $13.8M | $961K | $1.9M | $9.9M | $0 |
| 2021 | $39.2M | $9.6M | $593K | $1.6M | $6.4M | $0 |
| 2020 | $12.3M | $31.2M | $503K | $2.3M | $27.4M | $65.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7.6M to 3 qualified donees:
- Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation-Corporation de Recherches de l'institut de Cardiologie d'ottawa$6.6M
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute$1M
- The Ottawa Heart Institute Alumni Inc.$20K
Received $1.9M from 45 charities:
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$474K
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$400K
- Paldos Charitable Foundation$200K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$120K
- The Robert Campeau Family Foundation$100K
- Hellenic Community of Ottawa$93K
- The Ottawa Heart Institute Alumni Inc.$80K
- RJL Braydon Charitable Foundation$75K
- Aqueduct Foundation$57K
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$42K
- Canadahelps Canadon$41K
- Canadahelps Canadon$41K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$33K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$28K
- Fondation Jocelyne et Gilles Ouimet$25K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$20K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$20K
- BenefAction Foundation$7,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,220
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,560
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$4,153
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,695
- WFG Charitable Trust$2,305
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,245
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Annis (director); Paul Bodnoff (director); Diana Burns (cfo); Jean Spicer (director); Ian Sterling (director); Grant Jameson (vice chair); Ken Jennings (secretary); Gail Kaneb (director); Lucas Matheson (director); Paul Labarge (director); Leslie Mise (director); Muneeba Omar (director); Jake Levinson (director); Deneen Perrin (director); Elizabeth Roscoe (board chair); Natalie Tommy (director); Erin Zipes (director); Colin Zappia (director); Nicolas Panitieras (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation Fondation de l'Institut de Cardiologie de l'Universite d'Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140813452RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.