Onward Homes Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 121963573RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,841,864) as filed with the CRA.
Onward Homes 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 $21.1M in revenue and $16.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $158K.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 55 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10.6M in 2020 to $21.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Onward homes society acquires land and buildings for the purpose of providing affordable integrated and supported homes. Horizon housing serves tenants with a variety of vulnerabilities including people experiencing mental health challenges and other needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21.1M | $16.8M | $15.9M | $173K | — | $97.8M |
| 2023 | $15.8M | $17.4M | $16.7M | $54K | — | $93.9M |
| 2022 | $17.7M | $8.7M | $8.5M | $68K | — | $81.3M |
| 2021 | $22.8M | $7.8M | $7.8M | $20K | — | $72.3M |
| 2020 | $10.6M | $6.5M | $5.8M | $22K | — | $57.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $158K from 5 charities:
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 positions55
- Total compensation, all staff$4.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Bedin (vice president); James Gerald Fergusson (director); Gavin Harrison (secretary); Martina Jileckova (ex-officio); Clem Lau (director); Madelyn McDonald (director); Gary McNamara (ex-officio); Janine Moir (director); Ian Nash (vice-president); Wade Paget (treasurer); Bryan Romanesky (president & chair); Cindy Rae Rutherford (vice-president); Paul Steckler (director); Kelli Stevens (member of committee); Lucas Tomei (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Onward Homes Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121963573RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.