Visiting Homemakers Association of Ottawa / Association des Auxiliaires Familiales d'Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 108185133RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,923,689) as filed with the CRA.
Visiting Homemakers Association of Ottawa / Association des Auxiliaires Familiales d'Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, 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 $15.6M in revenue and $14.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $120K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 58 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $200K in 2024, the largest being $200K to Visiting Homemakers Association Foundation For Community Health. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provides attendant care services and homemaking services to individuals and families in need of assistance in the city of ottawa.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.6M | $14.9M | $13.7M | — | $200K | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $13.9M | $13.5M | $12.4M | — | $300K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $13.1M | $12.7M | — | — | $120K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $13.4M | $13.4M | $13M | — | $130K | $780K |
| 2020 | $13.4M | $13.4M | $12.3M | — | $640K | $716K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $200K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $120K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions58
- Total compensation, all staff$13.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steve Cutler (past chairman); Margaret Bodie (chairperson); Jan Rus (vice chairman); Barry Charlebois (director); Cathryn Fortier (director); Simone Powell (director); Maeghan Innes (director); Blake Corbin (director); Altaf Bhulji (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Visiting Homemakers Association of Ottawa / Association des Auxiliaires Familiales d'Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108185133RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.