Young Women's Christian Association of Banff
Charitable organization · Banff, Alberta · BN 896331485RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,679,503) as filed with the CRA.
Young Women's Christian Association of Banff is a charitable organization based in Banff, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $4.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 12% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Shelter of women and families in crisis; Violence prevention programming in schools and the community; Crisis counseling; Low cost permanent housing; Community programming and events; homelessness supports; Short-term accommodation Transitional housing of women and families in crisis; Sexualized Assault Community programming Supportive housing supports for affordable housing
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $4.7M | $3.6M | $250K | $0 | $9.4M |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $3.7M | $3.2M | $202K | $0 | $9.2M |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $2.4M | $2M | $74K | — | $12M |
| 2021 | $4.7M | $2.6M | $2M | $132K | — | $6.6M |
| 2020 | $4.3M | $3.1M | $2.2M | $180K | $36K | $4.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.8M from 15 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$1M
- Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation$550K
- Banff Canmore Community Foundation$68K
- Green Municipal Fund$50K
- Crossway Community Church Canmore$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$18K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$10K
- The Wagemakers Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$4,750
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$4,145
- Canmore Rotary Club Charitable Foundation$4,000
- Qube Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15
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 positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Danielle Roussy (vice-president - governance); Kate Boyd (president); Ella-Jean Schatzmann (director); Heather Sturm (director); Melanie Kwong (director); Karen Shelton (treasurer); Jessica Wheatley (director); Cate White (director); Aarti Rattan (director); Karen Thomson (director); Sarah Freeman (director); Sarah Lonz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Young Women's Christian Association of Banff’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896331485RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.