Centre de ressources communautaires de la Basse-Ville | LCRC

Name

Centre de ressources communautaires de la Basse-Ville | LCRC

Legal name

Centre de ressources communautaires de la Basse-Ville

Website

https://crcbv.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Charitable organization relying on donations from the community, individuals, and organizations to fund operations and programs.
2. Government Grants: Funding from municipal, provincial, and federal government sources including City of Ottawa and Ontario government partnerships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CRCBV is an independent, bilingual non-profit community resource centre serving residents of Lowertown in Ottawa. It provides free social services and community programs — including a food bank, social support and accompaniment, an after-school program, a summer day camp, sports activities, a community gathering house, and a free income-tax clinic — funded through donations, government grants, and partner contributions.

Product overview

CRCBV/LCRC is a community resource center offering a unified portfolio of free social and community services to Lowertown residents in Ottawa since 1970. The service portfolio centers on five core offerings: (1) Food Bank providing food security support; (2) Social Support Services addressing housing, finances, health, and other personal challenges; (3) Youth Programs including the After School Program, Summer Camp, Sports & Recreation, and Youth Connected; (4) Community House serving as a neighborhood hub; and (5) Income Tax Clinic providing free annual tax return assistance. The organization operates as a single integrated community resource center rather than a modular software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Action-LogementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 January 2025Housing agency that helps, supports, and advocates for disadvantaged individuals and families to find safe, adequate, and affordable housing. Addresses housing emergencies, evictions, discrimination, maintenance issues, and illegal rents through housing workers. Located at CRCBV as partner in residence.
• Parent Resource CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 January 2025WIPS Program offering specialized parenting support and counseling every other Thursday 11AM-2PM at CRCBV. Provides referrals to community resources. Available with or without appointment.
• Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres (13 centres)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRCBV is part of a coalition of 13 community resource and health centres serving the Ottawa region. Members collaborate on shared advocacy and service coordination.
• City of OttawacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with City of Ottawa for youth programs including after-school program (formerly Club 310). City registration system available for unfilled spaces.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre: Ottawa community health centre serving a defined geographic catchment with health, social, and community programming. Another member of the 13-centre coalition with directly comparable service portfolio and target population characteristics.
• Rideau-Rockcliffe Community Resource Centre: Sibling Ottawa community resource centre also operating under the 13-centre coalition model, offering comparable food security, social support, youth, and community development services to an adjacent neighbourhood. The closest structural and operational peer to CRCBV.
• Somerset West Community Health Centre: Ottawa-based community health centre providing primary care, settlement, youth, and social services to a defined urban population. Operates the same place-based, multi-program, community-governed nonprofit model as CRCBV.
• Ottawa Food Bank: Regional food bank operating across Ottawa including the Lowertown territory CRCBV's food bank serves. Directly comparable on the food-security program line and a potential partner/competitor for grocery distribution funding.
• Centretown Community Health Centre: Ottawa community health centre delivering integrated primary care, social services, and community programs to a defined urban catchment. Comparable non-profit service-delivery model with similar funding profile and coalition alignment.
• Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa: Youth-focused non-profit delivering after-school, summer camp, sports, and recreation programs in Ottawa — directly overlapping with CRCBV's youth programs portfolio and serving a similar low-income urban youth population.
• Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre: Ottawa community health centre within the same 13-centre coalition, providing comparable integrated health, social, and youth services to a defined urban population in the west end.

Broad incumbents

• United Way East Ontario: Major regional funder of CRCBV and operator of broader community-impact programs across Eastern Ontario. A larger, umbrella-level incumbent that both funds and partially competes for community-services funding and attention.
• YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region: Large established non-profit delivering youth programs, after-school care, summer camps, and community services across the Ottawa region. Overlaps with CRCBV on youth programming and operates at meaningfully greater scale.

Others

• 211 Ontario: Province-wide referral and information service connecting residents to community, social, health, and government resources — listed on CRCBV's own website as a partner resource. Functions as an adjacent enabling platform rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/crcbv
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@lcrccrcbv2915/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/lowertowncentrebasseville
• Instagraminstagram.com/lowertowncentrebasseville
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crcbv-lcrc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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