VERSe Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Gloucester, Ontario · BN 851219105RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($23,517) as filed with the CRA.
VERSe Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Gloucester, 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 $40K in revenue and $24K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 89 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $96K in 2020 to $40K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $40K | $24K | $24K | — | — | $22K |
| 2023 | $63K | $90K | $90K | — | — | $5,787 |
| 2022 | $77K | $44K | — | — | — | $33K |
| 2021 | $87K | $86K | $40K | — | — | $1,060 |
| 2020 | $96K | $96K | $45K | — | — | $471 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allison Armstrong (secretary); Frances Boyle (treasurer); Stephen Brockwell (director at large); Michelle Desbarats (director at large); Rob McLennan (president); Jeffrey Richstone (director at large); Ben Ladouceur; Daniel Groleau-Landry (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from VERSe Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851219105RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.