Ottawa Mission
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
B
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
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DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
72%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 72 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Ottawa Mission:
Ottawa Mission is a 4-star charity. The charity has reasonable overhead costs and is financially transparent.
Founded in 1906 as Union Mission for Men, the charity was later renamed Ottawa Mission. It provides shelter, food, clothing, job training, and spiritual support to homeless people. Ottawa Mission divides its program spending into five areas: food & shelter, addiction & trauma treatment, client services, health services, and housing services.
Ottawa Mission’s fundraising arm is Ottawa Mission Foundation. This foundation was established in 2010 and is a separately registered charity. In F2022, the foundation granted $5.3m to Ottawa Mission. This year the donations all went in to Ottawa Mission while in previous years they went to both the Mission and the Foundation.
In F2022, emergency food and shelter services made up 55% of program spending. Ottawa Mission sheltered 1,192 people in F2022. The shelter held an average of 160 people each night with a 99% occupancy rate. Ottawa Mission additionally served 938,218 meals in F2022. It expanded its Mobile Mission Meals program to include two foods trucks.
In F2022, client services made up 23% of program spending. These services include employment support, educational support, mental health services, and job training. In F2022, Ottawa Mission helped 125 people with resumes. The Mission’s Stepping Stones Learning Centre helps people earn high school diplomas. During F2022 the Centre had 46 students. The Mission’s Food Services Training Program helps people start their culinary careers. In F2022, the Program had 36 graduates. At graduation, 89% of graduates were employed. The mental health services at the Mission include crisis intervention and relapse prevention. These services helped 158 people in F2022.
In F2022, addiction & trauma services received 11% of program spending. Ottawa Mission’s addiction & trauma services have four major programs. The Day program is a drop-in group for peer support and education. The Hope program is a three-month harm reduction program for men in the shelter. This program had 20 graduates in F2022. Ottawa Mission's abstinence program, Stabilization, had 23 graduates in F2022. Lastly, the LifeHouse program is a residential treatment option for men with addiction and trauma history. This program had 16 graduates in F2022.
In F2022, health services received 6% of program spending. These services include a primary care clinic, a dental clinic, and a hospice. During F2022, Ottawa Mission’s primary care clinic had 16,019 appointments. The dental care clinic had 332 appointments. Its hospice admitted 52 patients.
In F2022, housing services made up 6% of program spending. Ottawa Mission helped find housing for 78 people during F2022. Another 73 people were recommended to different housing services in Ottawa.
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Results and Impact
In F2022, Ottawa Mission provided 938,218 meals and sheltered 1,192 people. The charity worked to keep community members safe, especially during the harsh winter. Ottawa Mission's four addiction & trauma service programs had 59 total graduates in F2022. Additionally, the Mission runs Discovery University where people take free university courses. In F2022, 77 people graduated from this university program.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Ottawa Mission's results and impact.
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Finances
The following analysis consolidates the audited financials of Ottawa Mission and Ottawa Mission Foundation.
Ottawa Mission received total donations of $11.4m in F2022. Administrative costs are 10% of revenues (excluding investment income) and fundraising costs are 18% of donations. This means overhead costs are 28%. For every dollar donated, 72 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.
Ottawa Mission has funding reserves of $20.9m that can cover 146% or around 18 months of program costs at the F2022 level.
This charity report is an update that was sent for review to Ottawa Mission. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on May 25, 2023 by Clive Stevens.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending April
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2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
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Administrative costs as % of revenues | 10.4% | 10.3% | 11.1% |
Fundraising costs as % of donations | 17.9% | 16.8% | 16.8% |
Total overhead spending | 28.3% | 27.1% | 27.9% |
Program cost coverage (%) | 145.6% | 222.9% | 190.2% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
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Donations | 11,446 | 11,767 | 9,381 |
Goods in kind | 126 | 281 | 101 |
Government funding | 5,481 | 5,207 | 4,419 |
Investment income | (46) | 2,074 | (429) |
Other income | 2,362 | 1,252 | 847 |
Total revenues | 19,369 | 20,581 | 14,317 |
Program costs | 14,036 | 9,708 | 9,277 |
Grants | 338 | 0 | 0 |
Donated goods exp | 126 | 281 | 101 |
Administrative costs | 2,014 | 1,909 | 1,640 |
Fundraising costs | 2,047 | 1,974 | 1,576 |
Total spending | 18,560 | 13,872 | 12,594 |
Cash flow from operations | 808 | 6,709 | 1,724 |
Capital spending | 2,319 | 920 | 479 |
Funding reserves | 20,927 | 21,638 | 17,650 |
Note: Ci consolidated the audited financials of Ottawa Mission and Ottawa Mission Foundation. As such, all related party transfers have been backed out. To report on a cash basis, Ci adjusted donations by changes in deferred revenue from government sources. This affected revenues by $917k in F2022, $171k in F2021, and $7k in F2020. Ci also adjusted for goods-in-kind. This affected revenues by $126k in F2022, $281k in F2021, and $101k in F2020. Ci used the charity and foundation’s T3010 filings with the CRA to allocate program, fundraising and administrative costs. Amortization was backed out of program, administrative, and fundraising costs and reported as a non-cash expense. When calculating the funding reserves, Ci excluded the externally restricted endowment fund ($nil in F2022, $663k in F2021, and $558k in F2020).
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
2 |
$80k - $120k |
8 |
$40k - $80k |
0 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2022
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