Ocama Collective
Charitable organizationSupportive health care·107 CORBETT AVE · YORK, ON · M6N 1V3·BN 714955275RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
83¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
17%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$37K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
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Is Ocama Collective a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 714955275RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Ocama Collective located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 107 CORBETT AVE, YORK, ON, M6N 1V3. Source.
What does Ocama Collective do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The Collective seeks to create access to cost supported full-circle and community-based birth care through the Community Circle Care offering as an imperative factor in reducing infant mortality improving childbearing and birth satisfaction and supporting maternal/parental physical mental emotional and spiritual…" Full program description.
How much of Ocama Collective's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 83¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Ocama Collective?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $37K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Collective seeks to create access to cost supported full-circle and community-based birth care through the Community Circle Care offering as an imperative factor in reducing infant mortality improving childbearing and birth satisfaction and supporting maternal/parental physical mental emotional and spiritual health. In addition to cost supported pregnancy and birth care we endeavour to increase access to community-based resources for daily living and health and revitalizing ceremonial and ritual based practices that are deeply interwoven in our communities’ mental emotional physi… Show more
The Collective seeks to create access to cost supported full-circle and community-based birth care through the Community Circle Care offering as an imperative factor in reducing infant mortality improving childbearing and birth satisfaction and supporting maternal/parental physical mental emotional and spiritual health. In addition to cost supported pregnancy and birth care we endeavour to increase access to community-based resources for daily living and health and revitalizing ceremonial and ritual based practices that are deeply interwoven in our communities’ mental emotional physical and spiritual support. Our key goal for us to facilitate safe space for 2S trans queer non-binary genderqueer and agender folx to fully engage in pregnancy and birth care that is self-directed holistic and satisfactory We continue to offer full circle doula care (which includes care for prenatal intrapartum postpartum and perinatal loss) and lactation support to families who identify as Black Indigenous and People of Colour along the gender identity continuum. In addition to direct labour birth and postpartum supports we have supported families with health systems navigation to connect them with social services (ex. housing advocacy immigration) We have supported approximately 200 families since 2021. We collected donations of gently used newborn materials/supplies (strollers clothing breast pumps baby wraps/carriers) and distributed them to families in need.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
83¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 83¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 83¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
17%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
—
Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$37K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)2%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
2%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
98%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2021–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | $34K | 90¢ | 10% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $67K | 95¢ | 5% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $57K | 91¢ | 9% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $37K | 83¢ | 17% | — |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length
- Salvador-Watts, Liana MTreasurer/Secretaryarm's length
- Melaku Eyob, HirutPresidentarm's length
- Thompson, CassandraPresidentarm's length
- Stewart, AprilDirector of Partnership & Engaarm's length
- Garraway, CierraDirector at Stewardshiparm's length
- Martin Platero, Luisa DanielaDirector at Largearm's length
- Grant, KieraDirector of Fundraisingarm's length
- Young, KristenTreasurerarm's length
- Hague, JayDirector of Internal Engagemenarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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