CUPS Calgary Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 134112515RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,010,978) as filed with the CRA.
CUPS Calgary Society 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 $20.8M in revenue and $18M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 35% from government, 40% from other charities. In 2024, 37 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8.9M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 118 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
CUPS supports Calgarians impacted by poverty trauma and systemic marginalization with a unique integrated approach to care. We empower people to work holistically to create and achieve goals that support their well-being and build readiness to navigate and access support in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20.8M | $18M | $14.9M | $244K | $0 | $21M |
| 2023 | $18.8M | $18.3M | $14.5M | $385K | — | $18.2M |
| 2022 | $17.8M | $18.2M | $14.5M | $166K | — | $17.6M |
| 2021 | $17M | $16.9M | $13.6M | $164K | — | $18M |
| 2020 | $17.1M | $17M | $13.1M | $629K | — | $17.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8.9M from 37 charities:
- Calgary Homeless Foundation$6.1M
- Gerald A. Cooper-Key Foundation$1M
- The Calgary Foundation$564K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$397K
- RBC Foundation$100K
- The Carrera Foundation$100K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$92K
- The Greene Family Charitable Foundation$90K
- Calgary Seniors' Resource Society$65K
- Ember Fund$55K
- Silver Gummy$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$43K
- Canadahelps Canadon$43K
- EON Foundation$30K
- P.E.A.R.L. Foundation$30K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$25K
- Gay Lea Foundation$25K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$15K
- SAF Community Foundation$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$11K
- Lily Street Foundation$10K
- Children's Hospital Aid Society$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$9,871
- Chinook Foundation$7,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$7,300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions118
- Total compensation, all staff$9.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Lang (chairman); Karen Robinson (director); Wafa Kadri (director); Julie D'Avignon (director); Mike Saliken (director); Sheena Owens (director); Jerrad Blanchard (treasurer); Tasha Brown (director); Ian Young (director); Dale Berstad (director); Patricia Blocksom (director); Rob Litzenberger (director); Nathan Thornton (director); Dan O'Connor (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from CUPS Calgary Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134112515RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.