VOLUNTEER CANADA - BENEVOLES CANADA
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·609 - 150 ISABELLA ST · OTTAWA, ON · K1S 1V7·BN 898232343RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
83¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
17%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.8 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$1.7M
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
How do I donate to Volunteer Canada?
You can search for it on CanadaHelps or give directly through its own website. Charity Compass never handles your money — we only link out to where you can give.
Is Volunteer Canada a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 898232343RR0001. 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 Volunteer Canada located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 609 - 150 ISABELLA ST, OTTAWA, ON, K1S 1V7. Source.
What does Volunteer Canada do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "VOLUNTEER CANADA PROVIDES NATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM IN CANADA. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS VOLUNTEERISM AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION THROUGH ONGOING PROGRAM RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND NATIONAL INITIATIVES. VOLUNTEER CANADA WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH PARTNERS FROM THE CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY…" Full program description.
How much of Volunteer Canada'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 Volunteer Canada?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $1.7M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
VOLUNTEER CANADA PROVIDES NATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM IN CANADA. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS VOLUNTEERISM AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION THROUGH ONGOING PROGRAM RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND NATIONAL INITIATIVES. VOLUNTEER CANADA WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH PARTNERS FROM THE CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE SECTORS PROMOTES VOLUNTEERISM TO CANADIANS AND BUILDS THE CAPACITY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE CITIZENS AS VOLUNTEERS. ONGOING PROGRAMS INCLUDE NATIONAL DIALOGUES ON VOLUNTEERISM NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK RESEARCH EMPLOYER-SUPPORTED VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS … Show more
VOLUNTEER CANADA PROVIDES NATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM IN CANADA. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS VOLUNTEERISM AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION THROUGH ONGOING PROGRAM RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND NATIONAL INITIATIVES. VOLUNTEER CANADA WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH PARTNERS FROM THE CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE SECTORS PROMOTES VOLUNTEERISM TO CANADIANS AND BUILDS THE CAPACITY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE CITIZENS AS VOLUNTEERS. ONGOING PROGRAMS INCLUDE NATIONAL DIALOGUES ON VOLUNTEERISM NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK RESEARCH EMPLOYER-SUPPORTED VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS VOLUNTEER SCREENING THE CANADIAN CODE FOR VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENT A NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL OF VOLUNTEER CENTRES A VOLUNTEER CENTRE TRAINERS NETWORK SKILL BASED VOLUNTEERING AND VOLUNTEER CENTRE CAPACITY BUILDING MEMBERSHIP AND OUTREACH.
New programs
VOLUNTEER CANADA SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS TO RE-ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS AND REBUILD VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE. IT ALSO SUPPORTS TO CREATE GREATER AWARENESS UNDERSTANDING ACCESS AND APPLICAITON OF DATA RELATED TO GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING. ENHANCING MULTI-STAKEHOLDER EFFORTS BY PROMOTING PARTNERSHIPS AND BRIDGING EFFORTS ACROSS SECTORS IN SUPPORT OF THE 2030 AGENDA. FURTHER WE ARE DEVELOPING UNIQUE SKILLS-BASED VOLUNTEERING INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY HOUSING PROVIDERS. DURING 204FY WE LAUNCHED THE ROADMAP TO THE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ACTION STRATEGY. WE ALSO LAUNCHED THE D… Show more
VOLUNTEER CANADA SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS TO RE-ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS AND REBUILD VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE. IT ALSO SUPPORTS TO CREATE GREATER AWARENESS UNDERSTANDING ACCESS AND APPLICAITON OF DATA RELATED TO GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING. ENHANCING MULTI-STAKEHOLDER EFFORTS BY PROMOTING PARTNERSHIPS AND BRIDGING EFFORTS ACROSS SECTORS IN SUPPORT OF THE 2030 AGENDA. FURTHER WE ARE DEVELOPING UNIQUE SKILLS-BASED VOLUNTEERING INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY HOUSING PROVIDERS. DURING 204FY WE LAUNCHED THE ROADMAP TO THE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ACTION STRATEGY. WE ALSO LAUNCHED THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERGENERATIONAL VOLUNTEERISM HUB.
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; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).
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
0.8 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$1.7M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)1%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
27%
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
1%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
27%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
72%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $1.2M | 78¢ | 22% | 0.8 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $1.4M | 80¢ | 20% | 0.5 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $1.0M | 72¢ | 28% | 1.1 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $1.1M | 79¢ | 21% | 1 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $1.3M | 77¢ | 23% | 0.9 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $1.7M | 83¢ | 17% | 0.8 yr |
| 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
16 directors reported · 16 of 16at arm's length
- PORTIGAL, LAWRENCEMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
- ROWE, PENELOPEMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
- MUISE, KIRKTREASURERarm's length
- MORT-PULAND, LISACHAIRarm's length
- CAUCHON, MICHAEL ALEXANDREMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
- HUNT, JACKIEVICE-CHAIRarm's length
- MCRAE, DONSECRETARYarm's length
- TRAN, ANNAMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
- DICK, RACHELMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
- ALCY, LINDSEYMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
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- JORDAN, GINAMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
- MEDINA, ALEXMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
- ERHARD, MATTHEWMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
- LAROIYA, AMBUJ KUMARMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
- O'NEILL, ADRIENNE KARENMEMBER AT LARGEarm's length
- REUSCH-DESAUTELS, SAMANTHAMEMBER AT LARGEarm'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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