Cause Canada
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118841428RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,890,598) as filed with the CRA.
Cause Canada is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 28% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $87K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
1. Bursary program 2. Poder 3. Microfinance 4. Early childhood development 5. Cause kids 6. Bread for the world disabilities program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $59K | — | $164K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $33K | — | $129K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $76K | — | $97K |
| 2021 | $2M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $68K | — | -$48K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.4M | $2.1M | $47K | — | -$12K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $87K from 13 charities:
- Link Charity Canada Inc$30K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$25K
- Manitoba Council for International CO-Operation Inc.$10K
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$5,590
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,455
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,227
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$2,500
- The Calgary Foundation$1,640
- River Park Christian Reformed Church Of Calgary$1,620
- Fondation Edward Assh$1,000
- The Foundation Office.ca$1,000
- Christian Stewardship Services$50
- Faith Community Associated Gospel Church Blackfalds$34
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$923K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cause Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118841428RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.