Providing Avenues to Hope Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 869570549RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($201,943) as filed with the CRA.
Providing Avenues to Hope Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $160K in revenue and $202K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 37% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $68K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $63K in 2020 to $160K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We address and prevent specific problems faced by those experiencing hardships due to such circumstances as domestic violence loss of housing natural disasters financial distress and personal and/or family crisis. This is delivered through two main programs: a) Domestic Violence Response Program - Offers affordable personal protection empowerment and safety solutions to those living in the community and identified as being at high risk of domestic/relational violence and/or stalking. This includes services such as safety planning threat assessments security/monitoring equipment and inst…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $160K | $202K | $163K | $60 | — | $35K |
| 2023 | $115K | $136K | $116K | $60 | — | $76K |
| 2022 | $156K | $128K | $121K | $60 | — | $97K |
| 2021 | $56K | $42K | $40K | — | — | $69K |
| 2020 | $63K | $41K | $37K | — | $0 | $54K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $68K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cécile Bengtsson (chairperson/vice chairperson); Ralph Carter (secretary/secretary treasurer); Jeff Szumilas (director/vice chairperson); Marcia Fuller (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Providing Avenues to Hope Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869570549RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.