Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 105200430RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,103,162) as filed with the CRA.
Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government, 21% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $439K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Sagesse domestic violence prevention society ('sagesse' or the 'society') was incorporated under the societies act of the province of alberta in 1986 and is a registered charity under the income tax act of canada and is therefore not taxable under section 149(I). Sagesse is creating individual and systemic change to promote healthy respectful and peaceful relationships
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $3.1M | — | — | — | $347K |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3M | $2.6M | $5,831 | — | $344K |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $3.5M | $3.1M | $2,888 | — | $315K |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $3.3M | $2.7M | $2,717 | — | $432K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.7M | $500 | — | $185K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $439K from 11 charities:
- United Way of Calgary and Area$274K
- The Calgary Foundation$76K
- Silver Gummy$40K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$20K
- Hunter Family Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,359
- Calgary Flames Foundation$5,000
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation$2,500
- ATCO Electric Epic$1,304
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,017
- Calgary Homeless Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cindy Graham (director); Dee Adekugbe (vice chair); Ivan Zendel (secretary); Judy Curry (director); Rae-Ann Wood-Schatz (honorary member); Rebecca Stephen (board chair); Wayne Barkauskas (director); Tessa Penich (director); Denita McKnight (director); Ashleigh Baird (director); Andrea Silverstone (ceo).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 105200430RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.