Voice Found
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 825033202RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,116,692) as filed with the CRA.
Voice Found is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government, 28% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $387K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $650K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Voice found is a survivor led charitable organization with a mission to prevent sexual abuse and exploitation and to support the healing and recovery of individuals and communities from the health financial and emotional impacts of sexual exploitation. We provide support and services that help survivors to heal and rebuild their lives through the following programs; - hope found project provides crisis and first stage care for persons exiting human trafficking/sex work. - the clinic is a primary and prevantative health clinic for those at risk of being or who have been trafficked - path…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $218K |
| 2023 | $966K | $898K | $834K | — | — | $107K |
| 2022 | $911K | $877K | $804K | — | — | $40K |
| 2021 | $778K | $778K | $701K | — | — | $5,512 |
| 2020 | $650K | $675K | $613K | — | — | $5,013 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $387K from 9 charities:
- Pathy Family Foundation$251K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$69K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,922
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$775
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$750
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board$409
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$29
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$717K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stacey Kirkpatrick (director/past chair); Stephanie Izzard (director); Stéfanie Montreuil (director); Pouya Safi (treasurer); Alison Pratt (director); Lori Stanley (director); Ed Mantler (director); Gliberto Cedolia (director); Kevin McGowan (chair); Greg Gilhooly (director); Sarah Lawley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Voice Found’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 825033202RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.