Empty Arms: Perinatal Loss Support Services Incorporated
Charitable organization · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 809826969RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($264,737) as filed with the CRA.
Empty Arms: Perinatal Loss Support Services Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $269K in revenue and $265K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $65K.
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 77% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Empty arms provides in-hospital support and after care to families who experience loss during pregnancy infancy or childhood up to the age of 6 as well as support groups and online support for specific needs such as families who experience early miscarriage and grandparents who have experienced loss. The organizations also provides remembrance photography as a keepsake for families.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $269K | $265K | $256K | $1,104 | — | $274K |
| 2023 | $220K | $222K | $213K | $1,082 | — | $270K |
| 2022 | $214K | $184K | $169K | $9,194 | — | $281K |
| 2021 | $271K | $142K | $130K | $6,139 | — | $251K |
| 2020 | $186K | $136K | $113K | $13K | — | $121K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $65K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$126K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lacey Benoit (director); Rhonda Derkatz (treasurer); Angie Rathgeber (director); Jessie Courtney (director); Amanda Dauvin (board member); Krysta Shacklock (board member); Jay Aasen (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Empty Arms: Perinatal Loss Support Services Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 809826969RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.