The Seventh Step Society of Canada
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119253805RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($447,302) as filed with the CRA.
The Seventh Step Society of Canada is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $862K in revenue and $447K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 41% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $506K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% 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 $83K in 2020 to $862K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $862K | $447K | $422K | — | — | $490K |
| 2023 | $191K | $209K | $186K | — | — | $75K |
| 2022 | $75K | $72K | $51K | — | — | $93K |
| 2021 | $76K | $38K | $28K | — | — | $90K |
| 2020 | $83K | $76K | $63K | — | — | $52K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $506K from 2 charities:
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$316K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steve Deveau (director); Susan Hornby (director); John Macpherson (director); Mick Cawthorn (president); Mark Knox (past president); Scott Macdonald (treasurer); Gwen Gleason-Graham (director); Arnold Galet (director); Sandra Burkitt (director); Donna Gardiner (vice president); George Myette (executive director); Maude Malson (secretary); Denis Le Sieur (director); Darlene Lund (director); Nancy Everson (director); Tammy Macdermaid (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Seventh Step Society of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119253805RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.