Right at Home Housing Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119230977RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,758,394) as filed with the CRA.
Right at Home Housing Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $14.9M in revenue and $16.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $170K.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.9M in 2020 to $14.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Provide long-term safe appropriate decent non-labeled housing and supportive property management for low-income people in Edmonton. Administration fundraising and volunteer coordination for existing and new housing projects in Edmonton. Development of new low-income affordable housing. Providing small scale cleaning and pest control services (at break-even costs) to other charitable organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.9M | $16.8M | $16.4M | — | — | $49.8M |
| 2023 | $9.5M | $13.1M | $12.8M | — | — | $44.3M |
| 2022 | $10.9M | $15.7M | $15.2M | — | — | $43.1M |
| 2021 | $10.9M | $31M | $30.4M | — | — | $40.6M |
| 2020 | $6.9M | $11.5M | $11.1M | — | — | $36.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $170K from 8 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$152K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Southminster Steinhauer United Church$1,000
- Fellowship Community Church of Edmonton$815
- Inglewood Christian Reformed Church$684
- Oeuvres Caritatives des Filles de Jesus Canada$500
- First Christian Reformed Church of Edmonton$313
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shaunna Verhagen (director corporate services); Linda Young (director housing operations); Ahmed Shoaib (controller); Jessica Hoffman (director property management); Marisa Redmond (executive director-interim).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Right at Home Housing Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119230977RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.