Mamas for Mamas
Charitable organization · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 819134982RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,858,334) as filed with the CRA.
Mamas for Mamas is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $3.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 46 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.2M.
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 19% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The charity provides support to mothers in crisis provides ongoing support to low income mothers and their children in the form of clothing mental health care and clothing. Programs are as follows: 1. Whole mama program 2. Mamas at risk comprehensive support program 3. Mental health and wellness program 4. Pregnancy and infancy loss support program 5. Sustainable nourishment program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $3.9M | $2.8M | $304K | — | -$262K |
| 2023 | $6.2M | $5.5M | $3.8M | $160K | — | $884K |
| 2022 | $3.4M | — | — | — | — | $324K |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $36K | — | $319K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $6,705 | — | $341K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.2M from 46 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$822K
- Canadahelps Canadon$822K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$131K
- Legacy Plus Foundation Canada$90K
- The Kristie Charitable Foundation$40K
- Westminster Savings Foundation$35K
- Cause We Care Foundation$28K
- Canada Gives$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$16K
- Russell-Cowie Family Foundation$13K
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$11K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$10K
- Conconi Family Foundation$10K
- The Merrifield Family Foundation$10K
- Centra Cares Foundation$10K
- The McLean Foundation$10K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$9,500
- Vancouver Foundation$8,100
- Torgerson Foundation$7,272
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$7,002
- Purkids Charitable Foundation$5,700
- The Calgary Foundation$5,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$5,285
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,050
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99911 positions
- $1–39,99918 positions
- Permanent full-time positions30
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alana Reid (treasurer); Charlene Oakley (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mamas for Mamas’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819134982RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.