Women's Centre of Calgary
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 874914955RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,527,247) as filed with the CRA.
Women's Centre of Calgary is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from donations, 36% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Serving the needs of women in the commmunity through the provision of education support information resources social interaction and crisis prevention. Providing a centre for women to build community and encouraging the development and growth of women's skills and abilities through workshops and groups peer support emergency assistance basic needs provision legal advice and access to technology. In 2023 8995 individuals were support and 562 volunteers contributed 31037 hours to the organization.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.4M | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 23 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$951K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$173K
- Canadahelps Canadon$112K
- Canadahelps Canadon$112K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- Calgary Learns Association$48K
- P.E.A.R.L. Foundation$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$20K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$20K
- The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund$20K
- The Burns Memorial Fund for Children$15K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$15K
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie$5,000
- Canada Gives$5,000
- Rotary Club of Calgary North Foundation$3,750
- Fraser Family Foundation$3,750
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,500
- BenefAction Foundation$2,000
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- ATCO Electric Epic$1,300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$462
- United Way of Calgary and Area$234
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ashley White (director); Maliha Zaman (director); Katie Shea (director); Wajeeha Sattar (director); Aralee Heidt (director); Christine Malarchuk (director); Jessica Howe (director); Sara Bendall (director); Jackie Mattock-Howard (director); Cathy Lynn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Women's Centre of Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874914955RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.