Sofia House Inc
Charitable organization · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 132527870RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,150,418) as filed with the CRA.
Sofia House Inc is a charitable organization based in Regina, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 22% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $271K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $297K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Sofia house is a second stage shelter that provides secure temporary housing to women and children who were victims of domestic violoence. Sofia house provides individual and group counselling to all women and children to help manage the effects of their experience. Sofia house also provides support to reintigrate the families back into the community with referrals and housing placements.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $276K |
| 2023 | $986K | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $401K |
| 2022 | $932K | $962K | $885K | $41 | — | $537K |
| 2021 | $997K | $801K | $750K | $1,025 | — | $566K |
| 2020 | $297K | $383K | $243K | — | — | $371K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $271K from 26 charities:
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$40K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$33K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$15K
- United Way of Regina$12K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$12K
- Regina Transition House Inc.$10K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$10K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$7,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,185
- Fondation RONA$5,115
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$5,000
- Sasktel Telcare Employees Charity Trust$3,333
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,754
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$1,000
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$1,000
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$700
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$660
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$535
- Lawton Partners Charitable Giving Foundation Inc.$500
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$200
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$679K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Pederson (chair); Crystal Mills (vice chair); Corinne Hauglum (treasurer); Dannie Kenzle (director); Laura Klemmer (director); Leah Neufeld (director); Kevin Wagner (director); Roz Kelsey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sofia House Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132527870RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.