Upstream Ottawa Mental Health Community Support
Publicly funded institution · Nepean, Ontario · BN 132170085RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,153,596) as filed with the CRA.
Upstream Ottawa Mental Health Community Support is a charitable organization based in Nepean, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provide a choice of permanent affordable housing and or ongoing flexible support to individuals with long-term mental health illness. To assist the individuals to live at their optimal level of functioning within the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $950K | $46K | — | $441K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $895K | $86K | — | $525K |
| 2022 | $836K | $770K | $576K | $18K | — | $546K |
| 2021 | $829K | $690K | $591K | $969 | — | $480K |
| 2020 | $779K | $687K | $475K | $31K | — | $342K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $100K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$20K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$20K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$10K
- Ferguson Family Foundation$3,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$470
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$356
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$291
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$256
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$853K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Veronique Joncas (chair); Nik Karajovic (treasurer); Courtney Smith (secretary); Kelsey Cloutier (director); Eddie Gillis (director); Melonie Bidgood (director); Jenni Condon (director); Patrick Dare (director); Brett Hodgins (director); Jenna Macleod (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Upstream Ottawa Mental Health Community Support’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132170085RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.