Safe Haven Foundation of Canada
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 894907682RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($936,957) as filed with the CRA.
Safe Haven Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $937K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $528K in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Fundraising through personal and corporate donations; program run by a mangement agreement with the boys and girls club. Provision of long-term stable housing for homeless and at-risk teenage girls. Provision of educational scholarship opportunities and therapeutic recreational programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $937K | $448K | $298K | — | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $879K | $765K | $451K | $174K | — | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $600K | $303K | $194K | — | $3.7M |
| 2021 | $779K | $424K | $260K | $125K | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $528K | $432K | $263K | $143K | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.7M from 24 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$1.2M
- The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$100K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$32K
- The Stone Creek Charitable Foundation$30K
- The Prosser Charitable Foundation$30K
- Ember Fund$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$10K
- Swiftsure Foundation$10K
- The Hotchkiss Family Foundation$10K
- Totem Charitable Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,250
- The Qr77/westin Hotel Calgary Children's Foundation$5,000
- Raising the Roof chez Toit$5,000
- The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$2,200
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$443
- United Way of Calgary and Area$309
- ST Paul's Anglican Church$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$361K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Sherbut (prseident); John Sherbut (treasurer); Keli Pollock (director); Olivia Dixon (director); Jillianne Farley (director); Trisha Stuart (director); Maria Paquet (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Safe Haven Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894907682RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.