The Brenda Strafford Society for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 830856464RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,209,284) as filed with the CRA.
The Brenda Strafford Society for the Prevention of Domestic Violence 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 March 31, 2021, it reported $5.1M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 715 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 43 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The Brenda Strafford Centre serves people at risk of family violence through providing a safe housing environment and comprehensive support services for its residents so that they can live safely in the community upon their departure from the Centre.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $5.1M | $4.2M | $3.5M | $178K | — | $335K |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $4.2M | — | $74K | — | -$597K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $0 from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions43
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Brenda Strafford Society for the Prevention of Domestic Violence’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830856464RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.