Cease: Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 842291874RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($734,801) as filed with the CRA.
Cease: Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $774K in revenue and $735K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 19% from government, 54% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $246K.
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 41% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The organization raises funds to support individuals families and communities affected by sexual exploitation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $774K | $735K | $619K | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $787K | $704K | — | — | $961K |
| 2022 | $764K | $793K | $721K | — | — | $512K |
| 2021 | $944K | $788K | $709K | — | — | $542K |
| 2020 | $1M | $945K | $800K | — | $109K | $386K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $246K from 9 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$129K
- BenefAction Foundation$50K
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$1,669
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$691
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$481
- Unitarian Church of Edmonton$167
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$503K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Basi (director); Kirsten Leslie (director); Glen Peters (director); Karen Thorsurd (director); Breena Smith Fitzgerald (director); Kristan McLeod (vice president); Savanah Hornbeck-Little (20210401); Jessica Steingard (president); Jamie Little (treasurer); Karen Thorsrud (director); Lisa Graham (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cease: Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842291874RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.