Bowwest Community Support Services Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 866557648RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($392,893) as filed with the CRA.
Bowwest Community Support Services Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, it reported $370K in revenue and $393K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 19% from government, 74% from other charities. In 2022, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $739K.
Compared with 2,429 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $684K in 2020 to $370K in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Bowwest connects people to basic resources including food & nutrition safe and affordable housing transportation clothing & footwear and health counselling. After a person's situation is stabalized through theses connections bowwest then supports people to increase their individual resilience as the next step out of poverty on a sustainable basis. This is through the acquisition of skills and knowledge building of self-efficacy and hope formation of deep and varied social connections. The services offered here are parenting workshops & supports access to low/no cost recreation & …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $370K | $393K | $56K | — | — | $54K |
| 2021 | $726K | $356K | $248K | — | — | $73K |
| 2020 | $684K | $683K | $542K | $2,534 | — | $59K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $739K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$281K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Sarah Lange (chair); Rachel Ofuya (director); Cale Ellis-Toddington (director); Karen Hall (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bowwest Community Support Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866557648RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.