Potential Place Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 895282358RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,595,760) as filed with the CRA.
Potential Place Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The purpose of potential place society is to improve the quality of life for people suffering from presistent mental illness. Through adherence to the clubhouse model the society offers supportive program so that those with mental illness can develop their social and vocational skills. We help members build self confidence and self-esteem that is necessary to sustain themselves as useful productive members of the society.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $5,962 | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $58K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$811K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jessica Wilson (director); John Rook (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Potential Place Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895282358RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.