Policywise for Children & Families
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 889801908RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,322,919) as filed with the CRA.
Policywise for Children & Families is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5.7M in revenue and $4.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 27% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
PolicyWise for Children & Families (PolicyWise) generates knowledge by funding and conducting research and evaluation and by managing linking and analyzing data. We measure the impact of how we influence positive changes for children and families. Our approach is collaborative building long-term relationships with our funders stakeholders and the research community. We are committed to learning evaluation of our own work allowing us to learn adapt and improve our activities and outcomes. Measuring our impact also improves our ability to mobilize evidence.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.7M | $4.3M | $3.3M | — | — | $12.1M |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.8M | $2.9M | — | — | $10.7M |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $2.6M | — | — | $10.8M |
| 2021 | $6.8M | $4.6M | $3.8M | — | — | $10.7M |
| 2020 | $5M | $4.9M | $4.2M | — | — | $8.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $50K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robbie Babins-Wagner (director); James Grattan (director); Angela Logan (director); Michelle Okere (board chair); Mark Razzolini (director); Cheryl Whiskeyjack (director); Ebony Rempel (director); Zakk Morrison (director); Jessica Hutton (director); Sheri Easterbrook (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Policywise for Children & Families’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889801908RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.