The Today Family Violence Help Centre
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 854912664RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,024,707) as filed with the CRA.
The Today Family Violence Help Centre 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government, 24% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The today centre serves both female and male individuals who are experiencing abusive behaviors through the intake and assessment program which offers crisis intervention assessment short term counselling and information and facilitated referral to ongoing community programs and services that will support individuals and families to break the cycle of violence. The today centre also strives to build and maintain a multi-program resource centre whereby people impacted by family violence can receive appopriate relevant and timely access to a continuum of essential services and professionals …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1M | $568K | $223K | — | $421K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1M | $605K | $183K | — | $391K |
| 2022 | $947K | $938K | $584K | $130K | — | $334K |
| 2021 | $906K | $870K | $554K | $97K | — | $326K |
| 2020 | $862K | $850K | $538K | $101K | — | $290K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $32K from 7 charities:
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$645K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julie Curley (director); Richard Ouellet (vice-chair); Allison Barkwell (director); Nanette Kufeldt (director); Marnie Lee (chair); Sabrina Taylor (director); Sarah Dartgatz (secretary/treasurer); Jason Chakkalakal (director); Meredith Allan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Today Family Violence Help Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854912664RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.