Cause And Effect Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 867016610RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($454,305) as filed with the CRA.
Cause And Effect Foundation 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $928K in revenue and $454K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $132.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $5.1M in 2020 to $928K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Programs dedicated to promote maximum skill development of children who have special needs in their preschool years. We offer full pediatric therapy services and programs in the community and preschool as well as enrichment programs (ie music dance)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $928K | $454K | $358K | — | — | $37K |
| 2023 | $854K | $412K | $346K | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $799K | $398K | $336K | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $5M | $4M | $3.7M | — | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $5.1M | $5.1M | $4.8M | — | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $132 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$233K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrea Theriau (president); Vanessa Richmond (secretary/treasurer); Julie Campbell (vice-president); Willa Brygidyr (director); Glenis Maclean (director); Marlin Miller (director); Leslie Carpenter (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cause And Effect Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867016610RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.