Ruth's House Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 762327211RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($620,143) as filed with the CRA.
Ruth's House Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $675K in revenue and $620K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 73% from government, 12% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $53K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
To address and prevent specific problems faced by families by providing emergency shelter counselling peer support assistance programs to families experiencing domestic violence. To carry out activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purpose.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2024–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $675K | $620K | $212K | $102K | $0 | -$24K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $53K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,99916 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$396K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eyitope Roberts (chair); Azeez Ola-Ojetola (director); Aderonke Onamusi (treasurer); Ben Bamijoko (director); Femi Talabi (director); Funke Banjoko (director); Fayez Siddiqui (director); Serge Nairinkwaya (director); Paul Icharia (directors); Lucy Mewanu (director); Calista Nwaiwu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ruth's House Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 762327211RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.