Calgary Military Family Resource Centre/centre de Ressource S pour les Familles des Militaires
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 129175667RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,286,132) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Military Family Resource Centre/centre de Ressource S pour les Familles des Militaires is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 72% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $77K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1. Military Deployment Support Programs 2. Counselling Assessments and Referrals 3. Casual Child Care 4. Parents and Tots Programs 5. Child and Youth Activities 6. Adult Workshops/Education & Parenting Supports 7.Second Language Training 8. Spousal Employment Assistance Programs 9. Social Work (Family Liaison Officer) 10. Health and Mental Wellness for Military Families and Soldiers 11. Veterans Family Programs 12. Child/Youth Tutoring Program 13. Emergency & Respite Child Care 14. Social & Recreational Events
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $340K | $0 | $674K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $876K | $1,135 | $0 | $812K |
| 2022 | $996K | $930K | $780K | $1,080 | $150 | $667K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $939K | $787K | $1,453 | $100 | $556K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $84K | $15K | $382K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $77K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$13K
- The Calgary Foundation$10K
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch Poppy Fund$4,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,957
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$1,500
- Together We Stand Military Families Foundation$1,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$13K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Fiona McLean (chair); Alex Kishkovich (treasurer); Gary Agnew (director); Kate Trasher (director); Jonathan Perkins (vice chair); Chinyere Adegboyega (director); Tom O'Sullivan (director); John Martin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Military Family Resource Centre/centre de Ressource S pour les Familles des Militaires’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129175667RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.