The Shaama Centre for Seniors and Women
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 861921500RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($316,928) as filed with the CRA.
The Shaama Centre for Seniors and Women is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $379K in revenue and $317K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $47K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band).
In its own words
Outreach services home and hospital visits one on one support for seniors and women navigating government systems information and education counselling help with essential needs e.g. Groceries clothing free tax filing for low income families prevention and help for domestic violence clients support groups and skills builng classes english computer fitness classes mental and physical health workshops
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $379K | $317K | $317K | — | — | $954K |
| 2023 | $450K | $331K | $331K | — | — | $891K |
| 2022 | $346K | $310K | $308K | — | $2,000 | $772K |
| 2021 | $349K | $309K | $308K | — | $1,500 | $737K |
| 2020 | $451K | $294K | $46K | — | $2,000 | $697K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $47K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Shaama Centre for Seniors and Women’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861921500RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.