Calgary Outlink: Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 896951035RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($327,371) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Outlink: Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $291K in revenue and $327K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 44% from government, 46% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $55K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $150K in 2020 to $291K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Outlink provides a variety of peer support services for 2SLGBTQ+ community members including groups facilitated by volunteers 1-1 peer support resource referral and system navigation support provided by staff and 1-1 mentorship pairings with volunteers. We also provide educational services including workshops trainings and consultations for business community groups and other non-profit organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $291K | $327K | $278K | $16K | — | $166K |
| 2023 | $307K | $319K | $255K | $32K | — | $202K |
| 2022 | $328K | $266K | $186K | $27K | — | $214K |
| 2021 | $232K | $162K | $129K | $8,088 | — | $152K |
| 2020 | $150K | — | — | — | — | $73K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $55K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$259K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alberto Ponca (director); Demicia Barduagni (director); Grace Donner (director); Heather Hansler (director); Mark Estrada (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Outlink: Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896951035RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.