What we do
The Ottawa Mission is our city’s oldest and largest emergency shelter. Since 1906, we have been at the forefront of caring for people who are homeless and in need. We do this by providing the basic necessities of life, including nutritious food, safe shelter and warm clothing. Last year we served over 1 million meals, including 7,000 meals weekly from our food trucks in 35 communities across the city. We also do much more than this – we help people regain their dignity, hope and purpose in life. We provide people with addiction and trauma treatment including a five-month residential treatment program, housing support, job training, mental health services, care at our medical and dental clinics, and end of life-care at our hospice. More than a shelter, The Ottawa Mission provides an array of services to the city’s most vulnerable citizens.
How you can help
Corporate giving is a not only a great way to give back to your community, but it is a great way to engage your employees and build a strong business profile in our community.
There are many exciting opportunities to align with The Ottawa Mission:
- Event Sponsorship – Coldest Night of the Year and Blue Door Gala
- Corporate Partnerships – Sponsor and/or lend your industry’s specific skills to one of our robust programs
- Third-party support for external fundraising initiatives
- Lunch and Learns
- Group volunteer opportunities
With increasing inflation, food security is an important issue for our community, in response The Mission launched its food truck program, in 2020 and is now serving 35 communities per week. This year you can support our Mobile Mission by sponsoring a stop or a route!
Food Truck Route Sponsorship includes:
- Logo recognition on the Mobile Mission food truck for the duration of your route partnership
- Employee engagement opportunities
- Social media recognition
There are several ways to align with Ottawa’s oldest and largest emergency shelter, and by doing so, you help those in need while also helping your business, employees and clients. We offer high-profile sponsorships, employee engagement opportunities, a popular cause-related marketing program and many other options to meet your corporate giving needs. All it typically takes is one visit to see why it’s worth it to partner with The Ottawa Mission.
For more information and to start a conversation, please contact:
Kimberley Banks
Corporate Philanthropy and Partnerships Officer
613-889-6407
kbanks@ottawamission.com
visit www.ottawamission.com/corporate-giving
Your Impact
Your impact thanks to our community in the past year:
- Served 1,057,489 meals to clients and communities in need – a record number of meals
- Provided emergency shelter to 1,830 unique individuals
- Completed 14,739 total patient consults at our DYMON Health Clinic
- Graduated 74 people from our addictions treatment programs and delivered 325 addiction counselling sessions to community clients
- Successfully housed a total of 195 people; 91 From Housing Services, 65 from Client Services, and 39 from Addiction and Trauma Services
- Delivered client support – including employment, educational, and mental health supports to 277 unique individuals
- Graduated 42 students from our Food Services Training Program (FSTP)
Get in touch:
35 Waller St.
Ottawa, Ont.
K1N 7G4
ottawamission.com
mission@ottawamission.com
613-234-1144
Year founded: 1906
Total revenue for last fiscal year: $21,188,091
Twitter: @OttawaMission
Facebook: /OttawaMission
Shaun Baron, Chair
Peter Tilley, CEO
BOARD MEMBERS
- Peter Saunders, Vice-Chair
Adam Harvey, Acting Treasurer
Elie Labaky, Secretary
Matt Triemstra, Past President
Scott Hannant, Director
Rev. Dr. Anthony Bailey, Director
Anthony Bennett, Director
Gord Lorimer, Director
Jack Murta, Director
Kaite Burkholder Harris, Director
Kim MacDowall, Director
TOP FUNDING SOURCES
DONATIONS: 61.71%
CITY OF OTTAWA: 22.71%
OTHER INCOME: 15.58%
GEOGRAPHIC REGION OF FOCUS
Ottawa region
