Fear Is Not Love Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 129883443RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,632,725) as filed with the CRA.
Fear Is Not Love 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 $11.6M in revenue and $12.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 37% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 61 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.5M.
Compared with 147 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 highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 78 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
CWES operates a 50-bed first stage emergency shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence. The clients are provided with free lodging food clothing and incidentals for up to 21 days. After this period assistance is provided in acquiring affordable housing within the City of Calgary. During the course of their stay professional crisis counseling is provided as part of the program. A 24-hour emergency helpline is provided for women in immediate crisis. Court support services are provided to clients attending court cases. Community outreach counseling and support is provided for t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.6M | $12.6M | $12.1M | $559K | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $10.9M | $11.8M | — | $499K | — | $4.2M |
| 2022 | $10.8M | $10.3M | — | $495K | — | $5.1M |
| 2021 | $11.9M | $9.2M | — | $369K | — | $4.6M |
| 2020 | $9.5M | $9.2M | — | $527K | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.5M from 61 charities:
- United Way of Calgary and Area$516K
- Fear Is Not Love Society Endowment Fund Trust$305K
- The Calgary Foundation$267K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$164K
- Canadahelps Canadon$130K
- Canadahelps Canadon$130K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$104K
- Norris Family Foundation$100K
- Calgary CO-Op Community Foundation$81K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$80K
- The Flanagan Foundation$75K
- P.E.A.R.L. Foundation$60K
- The Greene Family Charitable Foundation$60K
- Vitality Fund$50K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$50K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$36K
- William S. Herron Family Charitable Foundation$35K
- Berkhold Family Foundation$30K
- Canada Gives$27K
- Women's Shelters Canada$25K
- KSBK Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$20K
- Totem Charitable Foundation$20K
- BenefAction Foundation$12K
- The Community Opportunity Foundation of Alberta$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions78
- Total compensation, all staff$6.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Enns (vice-president); Jason McGONIGAL (treasurer); Connie Muller (director); Shelly Norris (president); Ryan Schneider (director); John Wilmot (board secretary); Cathy Manten (director); Laiha Shum (director); Kristin Romeril (director); Courtney Burton (director); Darren Dansereau (director); April Hughes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fear Is Not Love Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129883443RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.